H.A. Richard1, M. Fulland2, G. Kullmer1, N.-H. Schirmeisen1
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.6, No.3&4, pp. 161-188, 2010, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2010.006.161
Abstract Fracture processes in real structures are in many cases of a three dimensional (3D) character. In this paper some basic problems of 3D-fracture processes are considered and discussed, in particular for general mixed-mode loading conditions, when modes I and II and III are superimposed. For experimental investigations an AFM-specimen is under consideration, while numerical simulations are carried out with the program ADAPCRACK3D. More >