On stress concentrators and the elimination of elastic singularities: A gradient approach

Society for Experimental Mechanics - SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 52-62

  Aifantis, Elias C ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack tips; Dislocation cores; Gradient theory; Micro nano regime

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROBLEMS; DAVIDSON; DISLOCATION CORE; ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; GENERALIZED CONTINUA; GRADIENT APPROACH; GRADIENT THEORY; MECHANICS OF MATERIALS; STRAIN FIELDS; STRAIN GRADIENTS; STRESS CONCENTRATORS; SUBMICRON RANGE; TRANSITION REGIMES;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK TIPS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 73349085576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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