Finite element model for crack arrestor design in gas pipelines

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-66

  O'Donoghue, P E ^a   Zhuang, Z ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RINGS (COMPONENTS); STEEL PIPE;

CRACK ARRESTORS; STEEL RINGS;

GAS PIPELINES;

EID: 0032626121     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1999.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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