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Crack
Paths and Crack Path Stability
D.A. Zacharopoulos
Democritus Univeristy of
GR-671 00,
The concept of stability has first appeared by Aristotle and Archimedes. The research of stability in mechanics has started with the study of the balance of a system and the movement of a material point. The most rigorous definitions of stability were given by Lyapunov. During the last years, the stability problem has been introduced in fracture mechanics. Research for the prediction of crack paths has become an issue of particular interest. Experimental observations show that the trajectory of a propagating crack depends on the material, the geometry of the structure, the rate of loading and temperature. This session focuses on the problem of crack stability and crack paths during stable and unstable crack propagation.
1. The effect of the
rate of displacement on crack path stability
D. A. Zacharopoulos and P. A. Kalaitzidis
2. Comparison of some criteria for prediction of
crack growth direction in
yielded material
Corresponding Author: Professor S. K. Maiti
Mechanical Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400076,
India
Tel : +91 022 576 7526 (Office), +91 022 572 2545 (Office)
Fax : +91 022 572 3480, 91 022 572 6875 (Dept.) http://www.me.iitb.ac.in/~skmaiti
3. Analysis of Crack Growth in Protective Coatings
and Crack Path
Development along the Coating
Interface
Asher A. Rubinstein
Department of Mechanical Engineering
430 L. Boggs Bldg.
Tulane University
6823 st. Charles Ave.
Voice or Fax: 504-865-5771
4. "Branching and crack path
stability in modes I, II and III".
K.B. Broberg :
5. Title:
Bhushan Karihaloo
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