Electrical behaviour of a single crack in a conductor and exponential laws for conductivity in micro cracked solids

International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-19

  Giordano, Stefano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Density of states; Electric cracks; Field intensity factors; Order parameters

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; STRAIN; TENSORS;

DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRIC CRACKS; FIELD INTENSITY FACTORS; ORDER PARAMETERS;

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 34547397416     PISSN: 13835416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jae-2007-815     Document Type: Article

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