A model of columnar jointing

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Jungen, Mathias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NOT AVAILABLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Columnar jointing; Elasticity

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE;

FRACTURE PROCESS; FRACTURE SURFACES; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY; PRISMATIC COLUMNS; PROPAGATION OF CRACKS; REGULAR HEXAGON; SCHWARZ SYMMETRIZATION; VARIATIONAL MODELING;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 84856588957     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202511500060     Document Type: Article

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