Is Weibull's modulus really a material constant? Example case with interacting collinear cracks

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5147-5157

  Afferrante, L ^a   Ciavarella, M ^a   Valenza, E ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Size effect; Weibull theory

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

SIZE EFFECT; WEIBULL MODULUS; WEIBULL THEORY;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745948902     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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