Fracture mechanisms of the Strombus gigas conch shell: II-micromechanics analyses of multiple cracking and large-scale crack bridging

Acta Materialia

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2395-2406

  Kamat, Shekhar ^a   Kessler, Hannes ^b   Ballarini, Roberto ^a   Nassirou, Maissarath ^a   Heuer, Arthur H ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID MECHANICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crack bridging; Laminated composites; Strombus gigas; Tunnel cracking; Work of fracture

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CRACK BRIDGING; STROMBUS GIGAS; TUNNEL CRACKING; WORD OF FRACTURE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 1842864121     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2004.01.030     Document Type: Article

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