Elastic-plastic fracture of circumferential through-wall cracked pipe welds subject to bending

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 410-416

  Rahman, S ^a   Brust, F ^a  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING; CRACKING; ELASTIC-PLASTIC FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; PIPES; WELDS;

EID: 0026808071     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: 15288978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2929247     Document Type: Article

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