Effect of crack blunting on the competition between dislocation nucleation and cleavage

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 635-654

  Fischer, Lisa L ^a   Beltz, Glenn E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); DUCTILITY; NUCLEATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACK BLUNTING;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0034832272     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(00)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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