Fracture interface elements for static and fatigue analysis

ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mabson, Gerald E ^a   Deobald, Lyle R ^a   Dopker, Bernhard ^a   Hoyt, D M ^b   Baylor, Jeffrey S ^b   Graesser, Douglas L ^b  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b NSE Composites   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Finite elements; Fracture; Interface elements

Indexed keywords

CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GLASS CERAMICS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; FATIGUE ANALYSIS; INTERFACE ELEMENTS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; PROPAGATION PREDICTION; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE TECHNIQUE;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 85076868453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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