Mechanics and material aspects in predicting serviceability limited by stress-corrosion cracking

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 583-601

  Leis, B N ^a   Parkins, R N ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack nucleation and coalescence; Fracture mechanics; Pipelines; Plasticity; Predictive modeling; Pressure cycles; Steel; Strain; Strain rate; Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FORECASTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; STRAIN RATE;

LIFE PREDICTION; SERVICEABILITY;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 0032066975     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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