Probabilistic elastic-plastic fracture analysis of circumferentially cracked pipes with finite-length surface flaws

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-260

  Rahman, Sharif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FRACTURE TESTING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EQUIVALENCE CRITERION;

PIPING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033896672     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00214-9     Document Type: Article

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