Crack coalescence in brittle material under cyclic loading

Proceedings of the 41st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium - ARMA's Golden Rocks 2006 - 50 Years of Rock Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ko, T Y ^a   Einstein, H H ^b   Kemeny, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE LOADING; COPLANAR GEOMETRY; CRACK COALESCENCE; CYCLIC LOADINGS; CYCLIC TESTS; FATIGUE CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE CRACKS; FINAL FAILURES; MONOTONIC LOADING; MONOTONIC TESTS; NON-COPLANAR; NUMBER OF CYCLES; SECONDARY CRACKS; SHEAR CRACK; TENSION CRACKS; WING CRACK;

COALESCENCE; CRACK INITIATION; CYCLIC LOADS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TESTING;

CRACKS;

EID: 69149099691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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