Fracture of surface cracks loaded in bending

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1321, Issue , 1997, Pages 214-242

  Chao, Y J ^a   Reuter, W G ^b  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Constraint effect; Crack tip stress fields; Fracture stress; Fracture toughness; Linear elastic fracture mechanics; Size effect; Surface crack

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BRITTLE FRACTURE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PLATE METAL; STEEL TESTING; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

CRACK TIP STRESS FIELDS; SURFACE CRACKED PLATE; THREE POINT BEND SPECIMENS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0030675622     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12310s     Document Type: Article

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