A study of free surface effects on through cracks using BEM

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1297-1316

  Agrawal, A K ^a   Kishore, N N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Free surface effect; Intersection angle; Stress intensity factor; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TRACTION (FRICTION);

FREE SURFACE RETARDATION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACK;

EID: 0035850006     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(01)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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