Rapid crack propagation in plastic pipe: Predicting full-scale critical pressure from S4 test results

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 607-622

  Ivankovic, A ^a   Venizelos, G P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical pressure prediction; Finite volume; Full scale test; Plastic pipe; Rapid crack propagation; S4 test

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTIC PIPE;

CRITICAL PRESSURE;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032010543     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(97)00159-8     Document Type: Article

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