Relationship between refined Griffith criterion and power laws for cracking

Mechanics Research Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-434

  Yang, Q ^a   Tham, L G ^b   Swoboda, G ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Griffith criterion; Power laws; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; INTEGRATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

GRIFFITH CRITERION; KINETIC RATE LAW; POWER LAWS; QUASI-STATIC EXTENSION;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 2342533898     PISSN: 00936413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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