Study of slant fracture in ductile materials

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 469-496

  Lan, Weiming ^a   Deng, Xiaomin ^a   Sutton, Michael A ^a   Cheng, Ching Shan ^b  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack slanting; Effective plastic strain; Mixed mode; Slant fracture; Stable crack growth

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN RATE; TORSIONAL STRESS;

CRACK FRONT; PLASTIC STRAIN; SLANT CRACKS; SLANT FRACTURE;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 33751092789     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: 15732673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-006-9008-7     Document Type: Article

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