Linear micropolar elastic crack-tip fields under mixed mode loading conditions

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-339

  Diegele, Eberhard ^a   Elsäßer, Rainer ^b   Tsakmakis, Charalampos ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Couple stresses; Internal length scales; Micropolar elasticity; Near tip asymptotic field solutions for node I and mode II; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

CAUCHY STRESS TENSORS; ELASTIC MATERIALS; MICROPOLAR ELASTICITY; STRESS THEORY;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; LOADS (FORCES); MATERIALS SCIENCE; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRESSES;

CRACKS;

EID: 15844429846     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: 15732673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FRAC.0000049492.13523.5a     Document Type: Article

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