A review of the CTOA/CTOD fracture criterion - why it works!

19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Newman Jr , C ^a,b   James, M A ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Mechanics and Durability Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUSELAGES; STRAIN;

CONSTRAINT EFFECTS; ELASTIC-PLASTIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PLANE STRAIN BEHAVIORS; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; THIN SHEET MATERIALS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85067321817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-1324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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