Underpinning of a simple blunt flaw fracture initiation relation

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 401-405

  Smith, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blunt flaw; Fracture initiation; Process zone; Two extremes procedure

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE STRESS;

BLUNT FLAW; FRACTURE INITIATION; PROCESS ZONE MATERIAL; TWO EXTREMES PROCEDURE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 14844282848     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-004-8143-2     Document Type: Article

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