Energy release rates for small cracks in rubber components

Constitutive Models for Rubber IV - Proceedings of the 4th European Conference for Constitutive Models for Rubber, ECCMR 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 51-57

  Gough, J ^a   Muhr, A H ^a  

^a TARRC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOND LINE; BULK MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENTS; FINITE STRAIN; LINEAR-ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; POINT OF INTEREST; REASONABLE ACCURACY; RUBBER COMPONENT; SMALL CRACK; STRESS STATE;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CRACKS; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; STRAIN;

RUBBER;

EID: 84857477019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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