Computations of fatigue crack growth with strain gradient plasticity and an irreversible cohesive zone model

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2276-2294

  Brinckmann, Steffen ^a   Siegmund, Thomas ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Fatigue crack propagation; Materials length scale; Plasticity; Strain gradient

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK TIPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; STRAIN;

IRREVERSIBLE COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; MATERIALS LENGTH SCALE; STRAIN GRADIENT PLASTICITY;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK TIPS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; STRAIN;

EID: 39149111925     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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