Comparison of virtual crack extension and strain energy density methods applied to contact surface crack growth

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2721-2734

  Fajdiga, G ^a   Ren, Z ^b   Kramar, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Contact parameters; Finite element analysis; Strain energy density criterion; Surface crack propagation; Virtual crack extension method

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN ENERGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DISCRETISED EQUIVALENT CONTACT MODEL; VIRTUAL CRACK EXTENSION METHOD;

GEARS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEARS; STRAIN ENERGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 34548234545     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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