The application of local approach to predict the outcome of the NESC experiment

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 365, Issue , 1998, Pages 75-79

  Sherry, A H ^a   Beardsmore, D W ^a   Lidbury, D P G ^a   Sheikh, M A ^b,c   Howard, I C ^b  

^a RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TRANSIENTS;

CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; DUCTILE FRACTURE; SPINNING CYLINDER TEST; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0031627639     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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