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cond-mat.other2004★ 25 cited
Material independent crack arrest statistics
Yann Charles, Damien Vandembroucq, Francois Hild +1
The propagation of (planar) cracks in a heterogeneous brittle material characterized by a random field of toughness is considered, taking into account explicitly the effect of the…
cond-mat.other2004★ 83 cited
Effective toughness of heterogeneous brittle materials
Stephane Roux, Damien Vandembroucq, Francois Hild
A heterogeneous brittle material characterized by a random field of local toughness Kc(x) can be represented by an equivalent homogeneous medium of toughness, Keff. Homogenization…