Ductile-brittle transitions in the fracture of plastically-deforming, adhesively-bonded structures. Part I: Experimental studies

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3059-3073

  Sun, C ^a   Thouless, M D ^a   Waas, A M ^a   Schroeder, J A ^b   Zavattieri, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle; Crack velocity; Ductile; Experiments; Fracture; Mode I; Transitions

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STEEL SHEET;

ADHESIVELY-BONDED STRUCTURES; DUCTILE-BRITTLE TRANSITIONS;

BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS);

EID: 40849101605     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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