Analytical and numerical study of the size effect on the failure response of hierarchical structures

International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-348

  Labuz, J F ^a   Chen, Zhen ^a   Gan, Yong ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical structures; Size effect; Softening with localization

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

BIO-INSPIRED; FAILURE RESPONSES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARALLEL ARRANGEMENTS; SIZE EFFECT; SOFTENING WITH LOCALIZATION; STRUCTURAL FAILURES;

SIZE DETERMINATION;

EID: 58149237891     PISSN: 15431649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMultCompEng.v6.i4.50     Document Type: Article

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