Incorporation of residual stresses into the SINTAP defect assessment procedure

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 573-611

  Stacey, A ^a   Barthelemy, J Y ^b   Leggatt, R H ^c   Ainsworth, R A ^d  

^a Offshore Safety Div   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE SOUDURE   (France)

^c TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WELDS;

PRINCIPAL WELD GEOMETRIES; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENTS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

DEFECT; RESIDUAL STRESS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 0034353631     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(00)00075-8     Document Type: Article

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