Fracture toughness testing of brittle materials using semi-circular bend (SCB) specimen

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 91, Issue , 2012, Pages 133-150

  Kuruppu, Mahinda D ^a   Chong, Ken P ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Dynamic fracture; Finite element analysis; Fracture mechanics; J integral; Mixed mode fracture; Stress intensity factor; Toughness testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863785367     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.01.013     Document Type: Note

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