Self-driven tunneling crack arrays - A 3D-fracture mechanics bifurcation analysis

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 345-356

  Hofmann, M ^a   Bahr, H A ^a   Linse, T ^a   Bahr, U ^b   Balke, H ^a   Weiss, H J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID MECHANICS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MATERIAL AND BEAM TECHNOLOGY IWS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bifurcation analysis; Crack pattern selection; Fracture mechanics

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); THERMAL STRESS;

CRACK PATTERN; THERMO-MECHANICAL MODEL; TUNNELING CRACKS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 33751116289     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: 15732673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-006-9001-1     Document Type: Article

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