Dynamic Fracture in Brittle Materials

Abstract

The primary objective of this project were the formulation and analysis of canonical boundary value problems modeling dynamic fracture in brittle materials. The following issues concerning dynamic fracture in brittle were studied: unsteady, dynamic, mode I crack growth in linear elastic material; dynamic crack growth in functionally graded elastic bodies; dynamic, steady-state, generalized plane strain crack growth in anisotropic linear viscoelastic material; dynamic, transient, mode III crack growth in linear viscoelastic material.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA448358

Entities

People

  • Jay R. Walton

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Bulk Materials
  • Complex Variables
  • Composite Materials
  • Continuum Mechanics
  • Crack Tips
  • Elastic Materials
  • Elastic Properties
  • Equations
  • Films
  • Hyperelastic Materials
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanics
  • Steady State
  • Surface Tension

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).