Critical status of crack growth in chevron-notch specimens of elastic-plastic materials

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 343-353

  Cheng, Y S ^a   Douglas, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chevron notch fracture test; Critical crack length; Critical status of crack growth; Fracture toughness of elastic plastic materials

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FRACTURE TESTING; FUNCTIONS;

CHEVRON-NOTCH FRACTURE TEST;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032173031     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(98)00062-9     Document Type: Article

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