On the interaction and branching of fast running cracks - A numerical investigation

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 935-952

  Seelig, Th ^a   Gross, D ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A Crack branching and bifurcation; A Crack propagation and arrest; A Dynamic fracture; A Microcracking; CBoundary integral equations

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; BRITTLENESS; CRACK PROPAGATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MICROCRACKING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CRACK BIFURCATION; CRACK BRANCHING;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0033115697     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(98)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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