Brittle fracture beyond the stress intensity factor

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 743-753

  Sun, C T ^a   Qian, Haiyang ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture load; K dominance; Nonsingular stress; Plexiglass; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350423861     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2009.4.743     Document Type: Article

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