Mesoscale modeling of dynamic fracture of ceramic materials

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-101

  Maiti, Spandan ^a   Geubelle, Philippe H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic material; Crack branching; Dynamic fracture; Explicit cohesive volumetric finite element scheme; Grain

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

CRACK BRANCHING; CRYSTALLINE ORDER; DYNAMIC FRACTURE; EXPLICIT COHESIVE/VOLUMETRIC FINITE ELEMENT SCHEME;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 8344219718     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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