Fracture of aluminium alloy 2024 under biaxial and triaxial loading

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1705-1716

  Mostafavi, M ^a   Smith, D J ^b   Pavier, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraint; Finite element; J integral; Multi axial fracture

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL TESTS; CONSTRAINT; FINITE ELEMENT; J-INTEGRAL; METALLIC MATERIAL; MULTI-AXIAL FRACTURE; STANDARD TESTS; STRESS STATE; TRIAXIAL LOADING; TRIAXIAL TEST;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK TIPS; FRACTURE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; TESTING;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 79958036972     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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