Transient loading of a rapidly advancing Mode-II crack in a viscoelastic medium

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 415-431

  Antipov, Y A ^a,c   Willis, J R ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic fracture; Laplace transform; Riemann Hilbert problem; Stress intensity factor; Viscoelastic media

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

SEMI-INFINITE CRACKS;

VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0037340682     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(02)00260-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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