Stress intensity factors for semi-elliptical surface cracks in semicircularly notched tension plates

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-236

  Lin, X B ^a,b   Smith, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b nCode International Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Stress intensity factor; Surface crack

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS ANALYSIS;

SEMICIRCULARLY NOTCHED TENSION PLATES;

STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 0031146345     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0309324971513364     Document Type: Article

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