Micromechanical prediction of fracture toughness for pressure vessel steel using a coupled model

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1332, 1999, Pages 341-363

  Goldthorpe, M R ^a   Wiesner, C S ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLATE METAL; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

BEREMIN MODEL; CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; DUCTILE DAMAGE; FERRITIC STEEL; GURSON MODEL; MICROMECHANICAL PREDICTION; ONSET OF UPPER SHELF TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION TOUGHNESS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0032630507     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp14957s     Document Type: Article

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