Cracks and re-entrant corners in functionally graded materials

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1279-1291

  Carpinteri, Alberto ^a   Pugno, Nicola ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crack; Fracture; Functionally graded material; Re entrant corner; Strength

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BRITTLE CRACK PROPAGATION; RE-ENTRANT CORNER; STRENGTH OF STRUCTURES;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 33748150981     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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