Fracture problems of rubbers: J-integral estimation based upon η factors and an investigation on the strain energy density distribution as a local criterion

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-23

  Hocine, N Aït ^a   Abdelaziz, M Naït ^b   Imad, A ^c  

^a Laboratoire Rhéologie   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^c Ecole des Hautes Etudes d'Ingenieur   (France)

Author keywords

Finite elements; J integral; Local criterion; Rubber; factor

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE;

SINGLE SPECIMEN METHODS;

RUBBER;

ENERGY; FRACTURE; RUBBER; STRAIN;

EID: 19244375675     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020967429222     Document Type: Article

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