TY  - EJOU
AU  - Maiti, Spandan 
AU  - Geubelle, Philippe H.  

TI  - Mesoscale Modeling of Dynamic Fracture of Ceramic Materials
T2  - Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences

PY  - 2004
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SN  - 1526-1506

AB  - The dynamic propagation and branching of a mode I crack in polycrystalline brittle materials like ceramics are investigated numerically using a 2-D explicit grain-based cohesive/volumetric finite element scheme. The granular microstructure of the ceramics is taken into account and the crack is restricted to propagate along the grain boundaries. Special emphasis is placed on studying the effect of grain size and cohesive parameters on the crack branching instability.
KW  - dynamic fracture
KW  -  crack branching
KW  -  ceramic material
KW  -  grain
KW  -  explicit cohesive/volumetric finite element scheme

DO  - 10.3970/cmes.2004.005.091