The ridged uniaxial testpiece: Creep and fracture predictions using large-displacement finite-element analyses

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 452, Issue 1946, 1996, Pages 655-676

  Dyson, B F ^a   Hayhurst, D R ^b   Lln, J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0010061520     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1996.0033     Document Type: Article

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