Failure assessment on 34Cr Mo4 grade steel cylindrical pressure vessels with an axial surface crack

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-163

  Rao, B Nageswara ^a   Acharya, A R ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

AXIAL SURFACE CRACKS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

CRACK; FAILURE; PRESSURE VESSEL; STEEL;

EID: 0031180186     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(97)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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