Statistics of the deformation of the front of a tunnel-crack propagating in some inhomogeneous medium

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1449-1478

  Favier, Elie ^a   Lazarus, Véronique ^a   Leblond, Jean Baptiste ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Deformed front; Inhomogeneous solid; Quasistatic propagation; Statistics; Tunnel crack

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

DEFORMED FRONT; INHOMOGENEOUS SOLID; QUASISTATIC PROPAGATION; TUNNEL-CRACK;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 33646140574     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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