Growth of an initially sharp crack by grain boundary cavitation

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-139

  Onck, Patrick ^a   Van Der Giessen, Erik ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. Creep, fracture, Grain boundaries; B. Polycrystalline material; C. Finite elements

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CAVITATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; NUCLEATION;

INTERGRANULAR CREEP CRACK GROWTH;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032715830     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(98)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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