Analysis of biaxial loading effect on fracture toughness of reactor pressure vessel steels

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 589-601

  Margolin, B Z ^a   Kostylev, V I ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROMETEY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOAD TESTING; STEEL STRUCTURES; STEEL TESTING; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BIAXIAL LOADING;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0032105330     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(98)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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