A Voronoi cell finite element model for particle cracking elastic-plastic composite materials

DOI10.1016/S0045-7825(97)00160-6zbMath0907.73066OpenAlexW2090930500MaRDI QIDQ1267909

Somnath Ghosh, Suresh Moorthy

Publication date: 2 March 1999

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0045-7825(97)00160-6

zbMATH Keywords

damageRankine criterionAl-Si-Mg composite systemsbrittle elastic inclusionsductile elastic-plastic matrix materialmaximum principal stress theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Micromechanics of solids (74M25) Composite and mixture properties (74E30) Fracture and damage (74R99) Micromechanical theories (74A60)

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