Fatigue growth prediction of internal surface cracks in pressure vessels

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-23

  Lin, X B ^a   Smith, R A ^b  

^a nCode International Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FATIGUE GROWTH PREDICTION;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0031998517     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: 15288978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2841878     Document Type: Article

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