A Discrete Element Model for Damage and Fatigue Crack Growth of Quasi-Brittle Materials

The repeatedly applied low-intensity loads would lead to the damage and fatigue crack growth of mechanical structures made of quasi-brittle materials. In numerical modelling, these two mechanisms are normally treated differently and separately; the damage is usually associated with nonlocal approach...

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Main Authors: Xiaofeng Gao, Georg Koval, Cyrille Chazallon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6962394