Crack-opening-area analyses for circumferential through-wall cracks in pipes - Part II: model validations

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 375-396

  Rahman, S ^a   Brust, F W ^b   Ghadiali, N ^b   Wilkowski, G M ^b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CRACKED PIPES; LEAK-BEFORE-BREAK (LBB) ANALYSIS; PIPE CRACK-OPENING-AREA ANALYSIS;

PIPE;

CRACK; FAILURE; LEAK DETECTION; MODEL; PIPE;

EID: 0032056140     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(97)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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