Elbow stress indices using finite element analysis

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 257-265

  Matzen, Vernon C ^a   Yu, Lixin ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LOAD LIMITS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

COLLAPSE LOADS; ELBOW STRESS INDICES;

PRESSURE VESSEL CODES;

EID: 0032071858     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(97)00352-x     Document Type: Article

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