Scale effects in the initiation of cracking of a scarf joint

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 95, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 67-88

  Liu, D ^a   Fleck, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corner singularity; Domain integral; Initiation of failure; Interfacial fracture; Scale effects; Scarf joint; Size effects

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE STRESS;

DOMAIN INTEGRAL METHOD; FRACTURE STRENGTH; SCALE EFFECTS; SCARF JOINT; SIZE EFFECTS;

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 0033320979     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4659-3_5     Document Type: Article

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