Three-dimensional finite element modeling of subsurface median crack in trilayer sandwiches due to contact loading

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 729-743

  Cao, Yuqing ^a  

^a DRS Electronic Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact loading; Finite element method; Layered structure; Stress intensity factor; Transverse median crack

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

SUBSURFACE MEDIAN CRACKS;

CRACKS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0037128681     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(01)00092-3     Document Type: Article

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