SGBEM analysis of crack-particle(s) interactions due to elastic constants mismatch

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 314-331

  Williams, R C ^a   Phan, A V ^a   Tippur, H V ^b   Kaplan, T ^c   Gray, L J ^c  

^a University of South Alabama   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack inclusion(s) interaction; Quasi static crack growth; Symmetric Galerkin boundary element method

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; GALERKIN METHODS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK-INCLUSION INTERACTION; QUASI-STATIC CRACK GROWTH; SYMMETRIC-GALERKIN BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GALERKIN METHODS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 33750627852     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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