Shallow flaws under biaxial loading conditions, Part II: Application of a Weibull stress analysis of the cruciform bend specimen using a hydrostatic stress criterion

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

Volumn 391, Issue , 1999, Pages 75-85

  Williams, Paul T ^a   Bass, B Richard ^a   McAfee, Wallace J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BENDING STRENGTH; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BENDING TESTS; CRUCIFORM BEAM TESTS; HYDROSTATIC STRESS CRITERION; NONLINEAR BIAXIAL STRESS; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS (RPV); THERMAL SHOCK; WEIBULL STRESS ANALYSIS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0033338032     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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