Numerical investigation of loss of crack tip constraint in a dynamically loaded ductile specimen

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1967-1985

  Basu, Sumit ^a   Narasimhan, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DUCTILITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTIC FLOW; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRESS; YIELD STRESS;

CONSTRAINT LOSS; CRACK TIP CONSTRAINT; DYNAMICALLY LOADED DUCTILE SPECIMEN; ELASTIC PLASTIC CRACK TIP FIELDS; SINGLE EDGE NOTCHED SPECIMEN; TRIAXIALITY PARAMETER;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0033707893     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(99)00078-2     Document Type: Article

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