Dynamic stability of a propagating crack

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2637-2668

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

DYNAMIC STABILITY;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0036887784     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(02)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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