Failure criteria for quasi-brittle materials in lattice-type models

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 703-713

  Davie, C T ^a   Bicanic N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracturing geomaterials; Lattice modelling; Particle assemblies; Particulate mechanics framework; Quasi brittle material failure

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MACROMOLECULES; PLASTICITY;

QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS;

LATTICE CONSTANTS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 0141453089     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.626     Document Type: Article

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