Numerical characterisation of a cylinder with circumferential cracks under pressurised thermal shock

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-104

  Mukhopadhyay, N K ^a   Dutta, B K ^a   Kushwaha, H S ^a   Mahajan, S C ^a   Kakodkar, A ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRACK ARREST; CRACK TIP OPENING DISPLACEMENT CRITERIA; PRESSURIZED THERMAL SHOCK (PTS); STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CYLINDERS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PRESSURE;

EID: 0030300790     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-0161(95)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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