The ETM method for assessing the significance of crack-like defects in engineering structures

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1215-1231

  Schwalbe, K H ^a   Zerbst, U ^a   Brocks, W ^a   Cornec, A ^a   Heerens, J ^a   Amstutz, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crack driving force; Crack tip opening displacement; Engineering Treatment Model; Structural integrity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001537439     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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