Statistical procedure for improving the precision of the measurement of the essential work of fracture of thin sheets

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-199

  Marchal, Yves ^a   Walhin, Jean François ^a   Delannay, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Essential work of fracture; Fracture toughness; Plane stress; Polyethylene films; Sheets; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001265013     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007482121146     Document Type: Article

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