Numerical simulation of crack growth in polyethylene composites by means of the cohesive zone model

Macromolecular Symposia

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Janko, Marian ^a   Ecker, Werner ^a   Pinter, Gerald ^b   Kolednik, Otmar ^c  

^a MATERIALS CENTER LEOBEN FORSCHUNG GMBH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

bimaterial; cohesive zone model; crack growth; finite element method; polyethylene composite

Indexed keywords

BI-MATERIAL; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; DISPLACEMENT CURVE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MATERIAL DATA; MATERIAL PROPERTY; POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITE; POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84856249313     PISSN: 10221360     EISSN: 15213900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/masy.201000140     Document Type: Article

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