Fracture assessment of U-notches under mixed mode loading: Two procedures based on the 'equivalent local mode I' concept

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-433

  Berto, F ^a   Lazzarin, P ^a   Gomez F J ^b   Elices, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cohesive Zone Model (CZM); Local mode I; Mixed mode; StrainEnergy Density (SED); U notches

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRACKS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORECASTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN ENERGY;

COHESIVE CRACK ZONE; COHESIVE ZONE MODEL (CZM); FRACTURE ASSESSMENT;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 46549086932     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: 15732673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-008-9213-7     Document Type: Article

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