Numerical solution of crack problems in gradient elasticity

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering and Computational Mechanics

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-82

  Papanicolopulos, Stefanos Aldo ^a   Zervos, Antonis ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mathematical modelling; Strength testing of materials; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROBLEMS; DISCRETISATION; DISPLACEMENT FORMULATION; ELASTIC MATERIALS; FINITE-ELEMENT; GRADIENT ELASTICITY; HIGHER ORDER TERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SECOND ORDER DERIVATIVES; STRESS AND STRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELEMENTS;

CRACKS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 77953497701     PISSN: 17550777     EISSN: 17470785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/eacm.2010.163.2.73     Document Type: Article

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