Thermo-mechanical analysis of elastic cracks in heterogeneous materials by FEM and VCFEM

11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1130-1135

  Bruno, L ^a   Furgiuele, F M ^a   Maletta, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CRACK INTERACTION; ELASTIC CRACKS; FEM (FINITE ELEMENT METHOD); FINITE ELEMENT; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; HYBRID FORMULATIONS; MATHEMATICA; PERIODIC DISTRIBUTION; SECOND PHASE; THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; VORONOI CELL; VORONOI CELL FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; FRACTURE; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84869860949     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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