Fracture analysis of functionally graded materials by a BEM

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1209-1215

  Gao, X W ^a   Zhang, Ch ^b   Sladek, J ^c   Sladek, V ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

A. Functional composites; B. Fracture; B. Mechanical properties; C. Computational mechanics; C. Crack

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; POISSON RATIO;

CRACK ANALYSIS; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; NORMALIZED DISPLACEMENTS;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

CRACKING; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 39749084560     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.08.029     Document Type: Article

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