A discrete cohesive model for fractal cracks

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 548-559

  Wnuk, Michael P ^a   Yavari, Arash ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive model; Discrete fracture; Fractal crack; Fractal fracture

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DUCTILE FRACTURE; FRACTALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BASIC CONCEPTS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTHS; COHESIVE CRACKS; COHESIVE MODEL; COHESIVE ZONES; CRACK GROWTHS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DISCRETE FRACTURE; FRACTAL CRACK; FRACTAL FRACTURE; FRACTAL FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTALITY; MATERIAL TOUGHNESS; QUANTIZED FRACTURE MECHANICS; SMALL CRACKS; STRESS INTENSITIES;

CRACKS;

EID: 60649105940     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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