Continuum and molecular-level modeling of fatigue crack retardation in self-healing polymers

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 595-602

  Maiti, Spandan ^a   Shankar, Chandrashekar ^b   Geubelle, Philippe H ^c,d   Kieffer, John ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d 306 Talbot Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial crack closure; Coarse grain molecular dynamics; Cohesive finite element; Contact; Fatigue crack retardation; Healing chemistry; Polymeric materials; Self healing polymers; Wedge

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERS;

ARTIFICIAL CRACK CLOSURE; COARSE-GRAIN MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; COHESIVE FINITE ELEMENT; FATIGUE CRACK RETARDATION; HEALING CHEMISTRY; SELF-HEALING POLYMERS; WEDGE;

CRACKS;

EID: 33751432923     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2345452     Document Type: Article

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