The theory of critical distances

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1696-1705

  Taylor, D ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Critical distance; Fatigue; Fracture; Notch; Stress concentration

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; INDENTATION;

THEORY OF CRITICAL DISTANCES;

STRESS CONCENTRATION;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; INDENTATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

EID: 38549126725     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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