Towards a new model of crack tip stress fields

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-371

  Christopher, C J ^a   James, M N ^a   Patterson, E A ^b   Tee, K F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Crack shielding; Crack tip stress; Full field photoelasticity; Mathematical modelling; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

CRACK CLOSURE; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOELASTICITY; PLASTICITY; POLYCARBONATES; STRESSES;

CRACK SHIELDING; ELASTIC STRESS FIELDS; ELASTIC-PLASTIC INTERFACE; FULL FIELD PHOTOELASTICITY; PLASTICITY-INDUCED EFFECTS;

CRACK TIPS;

EID: 46549083881     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: 15732673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-008-9209-3     Document Type: Article

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