Material Instabilities in Solids.

Abstract

The principal investigator considered a number of mathematical problems that may help explain material failures in polymers and ductile metals. In particular, useful results were obtained concerning the initiation and dynamic growth of holes, the static instability and surface cracking of a single hole and the linearized stability of a free surface in an elastic material.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 12, 1988
Accession Number
ADA189525

Entities

People

  • Scott J. Spector

Organizations

  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Calculus
  • Calculus Of Variations
  • Cavitation
  • Cracks
  • Elastic Materials
  • Equations
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Materials
  • Mathematics
  • Metals
  • Polymers
  • Universities

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).