Finite Element Modeling of Crack Initiation Angle Under Mixed Mode (I/II) Fracture

Subject Areas : Engineering

S.S Bhadauria ¹ , K.K Pathak ² , M.S Hora ³

1 - Department of Applied Mechanics, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal
2 - Advanced Materials Processes Research Institute (CSIR)
3 - Department of Applied Mechanics, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

Received: 2010-06-08 Accepted : 2010-09-16 Published : 2010-09-30

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