Brittle fracture dynamics with arbitrary paths I. Kinking of a dynamic crack in general antiplane loading

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1287-1304

  Adda Bedia, M ^a,c   Arias, R ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Crack branching and bifurcation; B. Crack mechanics; C. Analytic functions; Dynamic fracture; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BRITTLE FRACTURE; LOADING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CRACK BRANCHING;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0038665429     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(03)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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