Virtual crack closure technique: History, approach, and applications

Applied Mechanics Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 1-6, 2004, Pages 109-143

  Krueger, Ronald ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite Structures; Crack Closure Integral; Delamination; Finite Element Analysis; Fracture Mechanics; Interlaminar Fracture

Indexed keywords

CRACK TIPS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SOLID ELEMENTS; VIRTUAL CRACKS;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRAIN;

CRACKS;

EID: 19944410522     PISSN: 00036900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1595677     Document Type: Article

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