Three-dimensional numerical simulations of dynamic fracture in silicon carbide reinforced aluminum

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 71, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1357-1378

  Zhou, Fenghua ^a   Molinari, Jean Francois ^a   Li, Yulong ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive element; Crack propagation; Dynamic fracture; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REINFORCEMENT; SILICON CARBIDE;

CRACK FRONT CURVING; CRACK VELOCITY PROFILES;

FRACTURE;

CRACK PROPAGATION; SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 1142305348     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(03)00168-1     Document Type: Article

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