Effects of notch geometry on the local cleavage fracture stress σf

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 849-858

  Wang, G Z ^a   Wang, H J ^a   Chen, J H ^a  

^a GANSU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MICROCRACKS; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES;

LOCAL CLEAVAGE FRACTURE STRESS; NOTCH DEPTH; NOTCH FLANK ANGLE; NOTCH GEOMETRY; STRESS VOLUME;

CARBON STEEL;

EID: 0033209220     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1999.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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