Modeling of crack tip high inertia zone in dynamic brittle fracture

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2084-2098

  Karedla, Ravi S ^a   Reddy, J N ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic brittle fracture; FE Cohesive element implementation; High inertia zone modeling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DODDS MODEL; HIGH INERTIA ZONE MODELING; MESH DISCRETIZATIONS; ROY MODEL;

CRACK TIPS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK TIPS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34047200107     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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