Complex fracture parameters for an interface crack between two hardening materials: A photoelastic study

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 619-632

  Ekman, M J ^b   Marsavina, L ^a   Nurse, A D ^b  

^a POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOELASTICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

LINEAR-ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS (LEFM); PHASE STEPPING TECHNIQUE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0034430291     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2000.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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