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Mesoscale Modeling of Dynamic Fracture of Ceramic Materials
Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2004, 5(2), 91-102. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2004.005.091
Abstract
The dynamic propagation and branching of a mode I crack in polycrystalline brittle materials like ceramics are investigated numerically using a 2-D explicit grain-based cohesive/volumetric finite element scheme. The granular microstructure of the ceramics is taken into account and the crack is restricted to propagate along the grain boundaries. Special emphasis is placed on studying the effect of grain size and cohesive parameters on the crack branching instability.Keywords
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