Strain energy release rates for an interface crack in orthotropic media - A finite element investigation

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 759-772

  Hemanth, D ^a   Shivakumar Aradhya, K S ^b   Rama Murthy, T S ^c   Govinda Raju, N ^d  

^a BANGALORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CV Raman Nagar   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Crack tip contact zone; Interface crack; Orthotropic media; SERR components

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

INTERFACE CRACKS; STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATES (SERR);

STRAIN;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 10644297420     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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