Material fracture toughness determination for polyethylene pipe materials using small scale test results

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-80

  Zhuang, Zhuo ^a   O'Donoghue, P E ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Critical pressure; Experiment; Finite element; Fracture mechanics; Fracture toughness; Pipeline; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PIPELINES; POLYETHYLENES; SIMULATION;

CRITICAL PRESSURE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0031070452     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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