Numerical simulation of elastic behaviour and failure processes in heterogeneous material

Computers, Materials and Continua

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Gao, Lingfei ^a   Zheng, Xiaoping ^a   Yao, Zhenhan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elastic brittle model; Failure process; Finite element method; Heterogeneous materials; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ELASTIC-BRITTLE MODEL; FAILURE PROCESS; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; ISOTROPIC BRITTLES; POLYGON LATTICES;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 33646851397     PISSN: 15462218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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