Numerical analysis of brittle materials fractured by sharp indenters

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 264-276

  Leonardi, Alessandro ^a   Furgiuele, Franco ^a   Wood, Robert J K ^b   Syngellakis, Stavros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elliptical cracks; Finite element method; Indentation fracture; Penny shaped cracks; Sharp indenter; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE METHODS; BRITTLE MATERIALS; CRACK GROWTH; CRACKED SPECIMENS; ELASTIC ANALYSIS; ELLIPTICAL CRACKS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FRACTURE PROPERTY; INDENTATION FRACTURE; INDENTERS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PENNY-SHAPED CRACK; SHARP INDENTATION; SHARP INDENTER; SODA LIME GLASS; STRESS AND DEFORMATION; VICKERS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; BRITTLENESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INDENTATION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING;

CRACKS;

EID: 73449101428     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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