Simultaneous occurrence of double micro/macro stress singularities for multiscale crack model

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-104

  Sih, G C ^a,b   Tang, X S ^c  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

^c CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Closed and open cracks; Crack and wedge tip with two singularities; Defect configuration and mixed boundary conditions; Double eigenvalues; Double eigenvectors; Double singularities; Geometry load material dependency; Micro macro crack; Restraining stress

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLOSED CRACKS; DOUBLE EIGENVALUES; DOUBLE EIGENVECTORS; DOUBLE SINGULARITIES; OPEN CRACKS; RESTRAINING STRESS;

MICROCRACKS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS;

EID: 33748414604     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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