Plastic loads of cracked forged piping branch junctions: Experimental results and comparison with numerical data

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 249-260

  Yahiaoui, K ^a   Moffat, D G ^a   Moreton, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branch junctions; Finite element; Plastic load

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

PIPING BRANCH JUNCTIONS; PLASTIC LOADS;

PIPE JOINTS;

BRANCH (JUNCTION); CRACK; PIPING;

EID: 0033918909     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(00)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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