Crack-opening-area analyses for circumferential through-wall cracks in pipes - Part III: off-center cracks, restraint of bending, thickness transition and weld residual stresses.

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 397-415

  Rahman, S ^a   Ghadiali, N ^b   Wilkowski, G M ^b   Moberg, F ^c   Brickstad, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAQ Inspection Ltd   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS; WELDS;

CRACK-OPENING-AREA ANALYSIS;

PIPE;

CRACK; FAILURE; PIPE; RESIDUAL STRESS; WELDED JOINT;

EID: 0032056054     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(97)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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