A disordered microstructure material model based on fractal geometry and fractional calculus

ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-135

  Carpinteri, Alberto ^a   Chiaia, Bernardino ^a   Cornetti, Pietro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disordered materials; Failure process; Fractal geometry; Fractional calculus; Principle of virtual work; Size effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142264110     PISSN: 00442267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zamm.200310083     Document Type: Article

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