A numerical study on the application of the Weibull theory to brittle materials

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1171-1179

  Fok, S L ^a   Mitchell, B C ^a   Smart, J ^a   Marsden, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brittle materials; Ceramics; Weibull theory

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

PARAMETER DISTRIBUTION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CERAMICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 0035876092     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(01)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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