Growth evaluation of multiple interacting surface cracks. Part II: Growth evaluation of parallel cracks

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1350-1366

  Kamaya, Masayuki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY SYSTEM   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Finite element analysis; Multiple cracks; Parallel cracks; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK GROWTH SIMULATION; PARALLEL CRACK;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 38049010477     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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