R-curve behavior and roughness development of fracture surfaces

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-325

  Morel, Stéphane ^a   Bouchaud, Elisabeth ^b   Schmittbuhl, Jean ^c   Valentin, Gérard ^a  

^a University Bordeaux I2M UMR CNRS 5295   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Fractal cracks; Fracture energy release; Quasibrittle materials; R curve; Scaling; Size effect; Toughening

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONCRETES; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTALS; GEOMETRY; ROCKS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FRACTURE SURFACES;

FRACTURE;

BRITTLE MEDIUM; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0036544318     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015727911242     Document Type: Article

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