Crack-tip constraint effects on creep fracture

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 467-490

  Nguyen, Ba Nghiep ^a   Onck, Patrick ^a   Van Der Giessen, Erik ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Constraint effect; Creep; Microstructural model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAVITATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRACK TIP FIELDS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CAVITATION; CRACKING; CREEP; DAMAGE; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0034145051     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(99)00127-7     Document Type: Article

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