The boundary finite element method for predicting directions of cracks emerging from notches at bimaterial junctions

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-386

  Müller, Axel ^a   Wenck, J ^a   Goswami, S ^a   Lindemann, J ^a   Hohe, J ^b   Becker, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary finite element method; Crack initiation direction; Fracture; Mixed mode loading; Stress concentration

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BIMATERIALS; BOUNDARY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (BFEM); NOTCHES; WEDGE ANGLES;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 7244247351     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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