Stress intensity factors of through-thickness and surface cracks in tubular Y-joints

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2001, Pages 30-36

  Chiew, S P ^a   Lie, S T ^a   Lee, C K ^a   Huang, Z W ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Finite element mesh; Stress intensity factor; Surface crack; Through thickness crack; Tubular Y joint

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); MICROCRACKS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

TUBULAR Y JOINTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0034865231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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