Effect of ferritic microstructure on local damage zone distance associated with fracture near notch

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-156

  Pluvinage, G ^a   Azari, Z ^a   Kadi, N ^a   Dlouhy I ^b   Kozak V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF MATERIALS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

FERRITIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROFRACTOGRAPHY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032653025     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8442(99)00009-9     Document Type: Article

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