Crack Interaction Studies Using XFEM Technique

Subject Areas : Engineering

K Sharma ¹

1 - Reactor Safety Divison, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai

Received: 2014-08-01 Accepted : 2014-11-07 Published : 2014-12-30

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