Effect of cracked weld joint and yield strength dissimilarity on crack tip stress triaxiality

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-57

  Fu, J Q ^a   Shi, Y W ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MECHANICAL TESTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESSES; WELDS; YIELD STRESS; LOADS (FORCES);

APPLIED TENSILE LOAD LEVEL; BASE MATERIAL; CENTRAL CRACK; CRACK LENGTH; DISSIMILARITY; ELASTO-PLASTIC ANALYSIS; STRESS TRIAXIALITY; WELD MATERIAL; CRACK TIP STRESS TRIAXIALITY; TENSILE LOAD;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0030111958     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8442(96)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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