Statistically fractal strength theory for brittle materials

Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-51

  Gao, Feng ^a   Xie, Heping ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Size frequency distribution; Statistical strength; The weakest link principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038878873     PISSN: 08949166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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