Fracture of U-notched specimens under mixed mode: Experimental results and numerical predictions

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-249

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohesive crack; Mixed mode loading; Notch radius; Notched components; Rupture

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; FRACTURE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANGE FINDING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COHESIVE CRACK; MIXED MODE LOADING; NOTCH RADIUS; NOTCHED COMPONENTS; RUPTURE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 58049108637     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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