Modified crack closure integral based computation of stress intensity factors for 2-D thermoelastic problems through boundary element method

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-290

  Mukhopadhyay, N K ^a   Maiti, S K ^b   Kakodkar, A ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMAL LOAD; THERMOELASTICITY;

MODIFIED CRACK CLOSURE INTEGRAL (MCCI) METHOD;

STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 0032630667     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(98)00304-5     Document Type: Article

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