The effect of constraint on creep fracture assessments

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 97, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 237-247

  Budden, Peter J ^a   Ainsworth, Robert A ^a  

^a Nuclear Electric Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraint; Creep crack growth; Failure assessment diagram; Fracture assessment

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; DUCTILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

CONSTRAINT EFFECT; FRACTURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE;

EID: 0033502253     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018305919622     Document Type: Conference Paper

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