Radial locations of strain gages for accurate measurement of mode I stress intensity factor

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2840-2850

  Sarangi, H ^a   Murthy, K S R K ^a   Chakraborty, D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Strain gage; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CRACK LENGTH; CRACKED PLATE; CRACKED SPECIMENS; EFFECT OF POISSON'S RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LIGAMENT LENGTHS; LIMITING VALUES; MODE I STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR; RADIAL DISTANCE; RADIAL LOCATIONS; SINGLE-ENDED; STRAIN GAGE METHOD; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; CRACK TIPS; LOCATION; POISSON RATIO; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 76949084903     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.12.043     Document Type: Article

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