Mechanistic prediction of fracture processes in ferritic steel welds within the transition temperature regime

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 328-337

  Busso, E P ^a   Lei, Y ^a   O'Dowd N P ^a   Webster, G A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; VOLUME FRACTION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

FERRITIC STEEL;

WELDS;

EID: 0032181868     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2807022     Document Type: Article

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