Toward a Continuum Theory of Fracture.

Abstract

The research discussed here lies in the following areas: mechanics and thermodynamics of fracture, porous flow, optimal cooling of viscoelastic materials, theories of internal damage, variational principles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 12, 1982
Accession Number
ADA126463

Entities

People

  • Morton E. Gurtin

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Composite Materials
  • Crack Propagation
  • Diffusion
  • Elastic Properties
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • J Integrals
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanics
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Solid Propellants
  • Solid Rocket Propellants
  • Thermodynamics
  • Variational Principles

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.