Fracture testing of Brazilian disk sandwich specimens

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-209

  Banks Sills, Leslie ^a   Schwartz, Jacob ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bonds; Brazilian disk sandwich specimen; Crack path; Cracks; Joints

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CRACKS; DEFECTS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ENERGY RELEASE RATE;

THERMAL LOAD;

COMPOSITE; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0038521542     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022922926897     Document Type: Article

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