Developing a stochastic model to predict the strength and crack path of random composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-16

  Alkhateb, Hunain ^a   Al Ostaz, Ahmed ^a   Alzebdeh, Khalid I ^b  

^a The University of Mississippi   (United States)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

A: Computational modelling; M: Nano structures; P: Fracture; Polymer

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

A: COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATIONS; CRACK PATHS; EFFECTIVE STRESSES; FAILURE PROBABILITIES; FRACTURE CRITERIONS; M: NANO-STRUCTURES; MECHANIC MODELS; P: FRACTURE; RANDOM COMPOSITES; RANDOM MATRIXES; SPRING NETWORKS;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 57949110973     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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