Degradation mechanisms, energy dissipation and instabilities in brittle materials.
In this dissertation, first, the theoretical and experimental viewpoints of instability and bifurcation in mechanics are reviewed and discussed. The onset of instability of bifurcation depends on the constitutive assumptions, and is marked by the loss of ellipticity, singularity of the stiffness mat...
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The University of Arizona.
1992
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186041 |