Stability of an advancing crack to small perturbation of its path

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-80

  Obrezanova, O ^a   Movchan, A B ^b   Willis, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Fracture; B. Elastic material; C. Asymptotic analysis; Crack path instability

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; LOADS (FORCES); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRESSES;

CRACK PATH INSTABILITIES;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0036131912     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(01)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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