The fracture toughness testing of centre-cracked tensile specimens using the unloading compliance technique

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 487-495

  Neale, B K ^a  

^a Nuclear Electric plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centre cracked; Fracture; Tensile; Unloading compliance

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; TENSILE TESTING;

CENTRE-CRACKED TENSILE (CCT) SPECIMENS; UNLOADING COMPLIANCE TECHNIQUES;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0032030052     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(97)00149-5     Document Type: Article

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