Fractal materials, beams, and fracture mechanics

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1194-1205

  Ostoja Starzewski, Martin ^a   Li, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beams; Fractal materials; Fracture mechanics

Indexed keywords

BEAMS; CRACK DRIVING FORCE; ELASTODYNAMIC EQUATION; ENERGETIC APPROACH; ENSEMBLE AVERAGING; FRACTAL MATERIALS; FRACTAL MEDIA; FRACTIONAL INTEGRALS; GRIFFITH FRACTURE CRITERION; PRODUCT MEASURES; RANDOM FRACTALS; THERMO-MECHANICS; TIMOSHENKO BEAMS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FRACTALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATERIALS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 67349230915     PISSN: 00442275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00033-009-8120-8     Document Type: Article

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