A finite element analysis of cracked square plates and bars under antiplane loading

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 533-541

  Pook, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corner point singularities; Cracks; Finite element analysis; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

BARS (METAL); BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATE METAL; POISSON RATIO; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CARTESIAN COORDINATES; CORNER PLATE SINGULARITIES; GEOMETRY FACTOR;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038284099     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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