Effects of parallel crack distributions on effective elastic properties - A numerical study

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages

  Orlowsky, B ^a   Saenger, Erik H ^a   Gueguen Y ^b   Shapiro, S A ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Crack interaction; Cracks; Effective elastic properties

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRACKS; ELASTIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ROTATED STAGGERED GRID (RSG); STACKED COLUMNS;

ELASTIC MODULI;

CRACK; ELASTIC PROPERTY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 13244274569     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:frac.0000022563.29991.80     Document Type: Article

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