Prediction of the energy dissipation rate in ductile crack propagation

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-77

  Atkins, A G ^a   Chen, Z ^b   Cotterell, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ductile cracking at large a; Ductile fracture; Elastoplastic fracture; Energy dissipation rate; JR curves

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DUCTILITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

DUCTILE CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTOPLASTIC FRACTURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037246137     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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