Influence of the crack morphology on the fatigue crack growth rate: A continuously-kinked crack model based on fractals

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 579-589

  Carpinteri, Andrea ^a   Spagnoli, Andrea ^a   Vantadori, Sabrina ^a   Viappiani, Danilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fatigue crack growth; Fractal geometry; Kinked crack; Size effect

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONTINUOUSLY-KINKED CRACK; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; PARIS-ERDOGAN LAW; RICHARDSON'S EXPRESSION;

CONCRETES;

CONCRETES; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 36248961645     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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