Plane-strain crack problems in microstructured solids governed by dipolar gradient elasticity

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1898-1920

  Gourgiotis, P A ^a   Georgiadis, H G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Cracks; Dipolar gradient elasticity; Hypersingular integral equations; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; ASYMPTOTICS; CLASSICAL THEORY; CRACK DRIVING FORCE; CRACK PROBLEMS; CRITICAL STRESS; DIPOLAR GRADIENT ELASTICITY; ELASTIC STRAIN; ELASTIC STRESS; FINITE PART INTEGRALS; FULL-FIELD; GENERALIZED CONTINUUM THEORIES; GRADIENT ELASTICITY; GRADIENT THEORY; HADAMARD; HYPERSINGULAR INTEGRAL EQUATION; HYPERSINGULAR INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; J INTEGRAL; LINEAR EXPRESSION; LOCAL MAXIMUM; MATERIAL CONSTANT; MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURES; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICROSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURED SOLIDS; MINDLIN; NUMERICAL TREATMENTS; PLANE-STRAIN; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; STRAIN FIELDS; STRAIN TENSOR; STRENGTHENING EFFECT; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; WILLIAMS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN ENERGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSORS;

CRACK TIPS;

EID: 70349246334     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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