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Selected Works of Autar Kaw
Article
On Using a Symbolic Manipulator to Solve Fracture Problems in Composite Materials
Advances in Engineering Software
  • Autar Kaw, University of South Florida
  • Kesavaram S. Gadi, University of South Florida
  • Dilesh Jadhav, University of South Florida
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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1993
Keywords
  • composite materials,
  • crack,
  • fracture,
  • symbolic algebra
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/0965-9978(93)90026-P
Abstract

A symbolic manipulator is used to understand the mechanics of a crack problem in fiber-reinforced composite materials. Stress intensity factors in the front of crack tips are found directly in terms of the stiffness properties of the constituents, for constant crack lengths. The results are compared with the numerical solutions available in the literature.

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Advances in Engineering Software, v. 16, issue 1, p. 31-36

Citation Information
Autar Kaw, Kesavaram S. Gadi and Dilesh Jadhav. "On Using a Symbolic Manipulator to Solve Fracture Problems in Composite Materials" Advances in Engineering Software Vol. 16 Iss. 1 (1993) p. 31 - 36
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/autar-kaw/65/