Three-dimensional simulation of crack extension in brittle polycrystalline materials

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 573-586

  Kamiya, S ^a   Yamauchi, T ^a   Abe H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic thermal expansion; Brittle polycrystals; Crack extension resistance; Microcracks; Three dimensional residual stress distribution

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROCRACKS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS;

CRACK EXTENSION RESISTANCE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0033721674     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(00)00040-0     Document Type: Article

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