Statistical analysis of the ASME KIc database

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-28

  Sokolov, M A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

LINEAR ELASTICITY; NIL DUCTILITY TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032003972     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: 15288978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2841880     Document Type: Article

References (7)

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