A shallow crack assessment scheme for generalised material behaviour in bending

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 493-506

  Boothman, D P ^a   Lee, M M K ^a   Luxmoore, A R ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defect assessment; Field plateau; Finite element analyses; J integral; Shallow crack

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CURVE FITTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LOADS (FORCES); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRAIN;

CRACK ASSESSMENT SCHEME; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; POWER LAW;

CRACKS;

EID: 0031190623     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(97)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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