Influence of specimen geometry and relative crack size on the R-curve

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 375-386

  Fett, T ^a   Munz, D ^a   Geraghty, R D ^b   White, K W ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridging interactions; Geometry effects; R curve; Weight function

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GEOMETRY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BRIDGING INTERACTIONS; SPECIMEN GEOMETRY; WEIGHT FUNCTION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0033726745     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(00)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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