Limit loads for cracked piping branch junctions under pressure and branch out-of-plane bending

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 185-194

  Lynch, M A ^a   Moffat, D G ^a   Moreton, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Limit loads; Piping branch junctions; Through wall cracks

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; LOADS (FORCES); PRESSURE EFFECTS;

LIMIT LOADS; PIPING BRANCH JOINTS;

PIPE JOINTS;

BRANCH (JUNCTION); CRACK; LOAD (FORCES); PIPING;

EID: 0034074221     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(00)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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