Modelling brittle crack formation at geometrical and material discontinuities using a finite fracture mechanics approach

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3558-3572

  Hebel, Jochen ^a   Dieringer, Rolf ^a   Becker, Wilfried ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Crack formation; Finite fracture mechanics; Laminate free edge effect; Notch

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC FORMULATION; BRITTLE CRACKS; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; CRACK FORMATION; ELASTIC STRUCTURES; FINITE FRACTURE MECHANICS; FREE-EDGE EFFECTS; HYBRID FAILURE MODEL; LAMINATE FREE-EDGE EFFECT; MATERIAL DISCONTINUITY; NOTCH; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; STRESS FIELD;

BRITTLENESS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; LAMINATES; MECHANICS; ROADS AND STREETS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 78649483134     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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