3-D numerical simulation of fracture processes in heterogeneous brittle materials

Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 332-341

  Chen, Yongqiang ^a   Yao, Zhenhan ^a   Zheng, Xiaoping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brittle materials; Fracture process; Heterogeneous materials; Lattice model; Numerical simulation; Statistical methods; Three dimensional model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN;

HETEROGENOUS MATERIALS;

BRITTLENESS;

EID: 0036998378     PISSN: 08949166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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