Lattice modelling of the failure of particle composites

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 70, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2385-2406

  Karihaloo, B L ^a   Shao, P F ^a,b   Xiao, Q Z ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Euler Bernoulli beam; Lattice model; Particle composites; Secant modulus; Tension softening; Timoshenko beam

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATION;

PARTICLE COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0043021921     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(03)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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