Investigation of crack tip evolution in functionally graded materials using optical caustics

Polymer Testing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-131

  Yao, X F ^a   Xu, W ^b   Yeh, H Y ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Functionally graded materials; Optical caustics; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CAUSTICS MEASUREMENTS; GRADED INDEX; OPTICAL CAUSTICS;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

EID: 33846244225     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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