Calculation of stress intensity factors by the force method

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 739-750

  de Morais, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Force method; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; INTEGRATION;

FORCE METHOD; MIXED-MODE FRACTURE PROBLEMS;

STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; INTEGRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 33846026737     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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