Fracture assessment of U- and V-notches is important in mechanical engineering. One can use the J-integral as fracture parameter in order to predict the critical fracture load in notches. The critical value of the J-integral in cracks is a function of the material properties. In notches, however, the material properties as well as the notch dimensions affect this critical value (named fracture ...

The heterogeneity and large scale connectivity of colloidal particle networks, which are generated by Brownian dynamics simulations, is examined. This is achieved by employing integral geometric measures in the form of the Minkowski functionals or quermassintegrals. It is found that these measures in conjunction with the parallel-body technique amount to a powerful tool to characterize the stru...

The analysis of elastic wave propagation and scattering is an important issue in fields such as earthquake engineering, nondestructive testing, and exploration for energy resources. Since the 1980s, the boundary integral equation method has played an important role in the analysis of both forward and inverse scattering problems. For example, Colton and Kress (1998) presented a survey of a vast ...