A Semi-circular bend technique for determining dynamic fracture toughness

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 783-791

  Dai, F ^a   Chen, R ^a,b   Xia, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic force balance; Dynamic fracture toughness; Semi circular bend (SCB); SHPB; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE MATERIALS; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; CRACK SURFACES; DYNAMIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC FORCES; DYNAMIC FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; DYNAMIC STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; FAR-FIELD; FRACTURE TIME; GRANITIC ROCKS; INERTIAL EFFECT; LAURENTIAN; PULSE-SHAPING; QUASI STATIC ANALYSIS; SPLIT HOPKINSON PRESSURE BARS; STRAIN GAUGE;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK DETECTION; CRACK TIPS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TESTING; GAGES; GRANITE; METALLIC GLASS; STATIC ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77953871596     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-009-9273-2     Document Type: Article

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