Stochastic multiscale models for fracture analysis of functionally graded materials

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2062-2086

  Chakraborty, Arindam ^a   Rahman, Sharif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent multiscale; Fracture reliability; Invasive multiscale; Microscale; Random field; Random microstructure; Sequential multiscale; Volume fraction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; VOLUME FRACTION;

FRACTURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC MULTISCALE MODELS;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 39149142853     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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