GPU-based simulations of fracture in idealized brick and mortar composites

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-85

  William Pro, J ^a   Kwei Lim, Rone ^a   Petzold, Linda R ^a   Utz, Marcel ^b   Begley, Matthew R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRICK; FRACTURE; GEMS; MORTAR;

COHESIVE TRACTIONS; INITIATION TOUGHNESS; LOADING CONFIGURATION; LOADING ORIENTATION; MACROSCOPIC CRACKS; SMALL-SCALE YIELDING; SPECIMEN GEOMETRY; SYNTHETIC ANALOGS;

LOADING;

EID: 84929177673     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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