Improved quarter-point crack tip element

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 269-283

  Gray, L J ^a   Phan, A V ^a   Paulino, Glaucio H ^b   Kaplan, T ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary integral analysis; Fracture mechanics; Quarter point element; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; CRACKS; IMPROVEMENT; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK TIP ELEMENT;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0037217826     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(02)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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