Shape sensitivity analysis of linear-elastic cracked structures under mode-I loading

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 476-482

  Chen, Guofeng ^a   Rahman, Sharif ^a   Park, Young Ho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b New Mexico State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ELASTICITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LOADS (FORCES); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SHAPE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0036862159     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1486017     Document Type: Article

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