Predicting variability in the dynamic failure strength of brittle materials considering pre-existing flaws

DOI10.1016/j.jmps.2010.10.006zbMath1270.74171MaRDI QIDQ361308

K. T. Ramesh, Jean-Francois Molinari, Nitin P. Daphalapurkar, L. L. Graham-Brady

Publication date: 29 August 2013

Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022509610002218

zbMATH Keywords

finite element method; brittle failure; crack interactions; dynamic strengths; flaw distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74R10: Brittle fracture

74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

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