Random trajectories of crack growth caused by spatial stress fluctuations

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-103

  Galybin, A N ^a   Dyskin, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

CRACK TRAJECTORY; RANDOM WALK MODEL; STRESS FLUCTUATIONS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 4444306300     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FRAC.0000040971.81270.db     Document Type: Article

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