Thermodynamics and the cohesive zone in fracture

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 1979 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik ZAMP, volume 30, pages 991-1,003 (issn: 0044-2275, eissn: 1420-9039,

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Authors: Gurtin, Morton E.;

doi: 10.1007/bf01590496

Thermodynamics and the cohesive zone in fracture

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This paper discusses the thermodynamics of the cohesive zone preceding a running crack. Appropriate forms of the first two laws are given and some simple constitutive equations are discussed.

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Carnegie Mellon University
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first law, constitutive equations, intermolecular cohesive forces, properties of the cohesive zone, Brittle damage, crack propagations, surface crakcs, second law, relative motion, rational thermodynamics, theoretical continuum mechanics, Thermodynamics in solid mechanics

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