A new weight function expression for through cracks

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 515-537

  Ng, S W ^a   Lau, K J ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Eccentric cracks; Opening mode; Stress intensity factors; Through cracks; Weight function

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FUNCTIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ECCENTRIC CRACKS; WEIGHT FUNCTIONS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0033317608     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(99)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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