The initiation of secondary cracks in compression

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-219

  Bobet, Antonio ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary element analysis; Brittle fracture; Crack initiation; Mixed mode fracture; Rock; Shear bands; Stable crack growth

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MIXED MODE FRACTURE; SECONDARY CRACKS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPRESSION; CRACKING;

EID: 0034111277     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(00)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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