Fatigue life prediction for cord-rubber composite tires using a global-local finite element method

Tire Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-40

  Han, Y H ^a   Becker, Eric B ^b   Fahrenthold, Eric P ^a   Kim, D M ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c School of Aerospace and Mech Eng   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crack growth rate; Energy release rate (J integral); Failure; Finite element method; Steady state

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CORD RUBBER COMPOSITE TIRES; GLOBAL LOCAL FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

TIRES;

EID: 2342510241     PISSN: 00908657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2346/1.2186772     Document Type: Article

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