Efficient computation of multiple solutions in quasibrittle fracture analysis

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 192, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 1377-1388

  Tin Loi, F ^a   Tseng, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Quasibrittle fracture analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FRACTURE;

HOLONOMIC ANALYSIS; QUASIBRITTLE FRACTURE ANALYSIS;

SOLUTIONS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0037436428     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(02)00645-X     Document Type: Article

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