A failure criterion for brittle and quasi-brittle materials under any level of stress concentration

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4925-4932

  Zhang, X B ^a   Li, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Brittle and quasi brittle materials; Crack initiation; Fracture criteria; Non singular stress concentration; PMMA; Size effect

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BRITTLE AND QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE CRITERION; FRACTURE CRITERIA; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; NON-SINGULAR STRESS CONCENTRATION; PMMA; QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS; QUASI-STATIC LOADS; SIZE EFFECT; ULTIMATE STRESS;

BRITTLENESS;

EID: 52749093246     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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