Atomistic and continuum studies of stress and strain fields near a rapidly propagating crack in a harmonic lattice

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 21-42

  Buehler, Markus J ^a   Gao, Huajian ^a   Huang, Yonggang ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic field; Atomistic; Continuum; Harmonic lattice; Mode I fracture; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ELASTIC FIELDS; STRAIN FIELDS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 1842575886     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2003.11.022     Document Type: Article

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