Eccentricity correction for the evaluation of fracture toughness from cylindrical notched test small specimens

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-58

  Ibrahim, R N ^a   Kotousov, A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical approach; Cylindrical notched test specimen; Eccentricity correction; Fracture toughness testing; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TESTING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CYLINDRICAL NOTCHED TEST SPECIMEN; ECCENTRICITY CORRECTION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0033185430     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(99)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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