Scale effects on strength and toughness of grained materials: An extreme value theory approach

Strength, Fracture and Complexity

Volumn 3, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 175-188

  Carpinteri, Alberto ^a   Cornetti, Pietro ^a   Puzzi, Simone ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extreme value theory; Grained materials; Size effects

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EXTREME VALUE THEORY; GRAINED MATERIALS; SIZE EFFECTS;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 33244481763     PISSN: 15672069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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