Variation of fracture toughness with constraint of PMMA specimens

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 393, Issue , 1999, Pages 113-117

  Chao, Yuh J ^a   Liu, Shu ^a   Broviak, Bart J ^a  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PRESSURE VESSEL CODES; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

PREDOMINANTLY ELASTIC DEFORMATIONS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0033319525     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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