Enhanced reference stress-based J and crack opening displacement estimation method for leak-before-break analysis and comparison with GE/EPRI method

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 243-254

  Kim, Y J ^a,a   Huh, N S ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crack opening displacement; J. integral; Leak before break; Reference stress method

Indexed keywords

ELASTOPLASTICITY; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STAINLESS STEEL; STRAIN; TENSILE STRESS;

CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENTS (COD); ENHANCED REFERENCE STRESS (ERS);

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 0035300889     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2001.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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3. Crack-opening-area analyses for circumferential through-wall cracks in pipes-part I: Analytical models
4. Crack-opening-area analyses for circumferential through-wall cracks in pipes-part II: Model validation