Ductile crack growth in pre-cracked CVN specimens: Numerical studies

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-241

  Koppenhoefer, Kyle C ^a   Dodds Jr , Robert H ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 0013025646     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(97)00218-5     Document Type: Article

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