Probabilistic fracture mechanics for nonlinear structures

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 261-269

  Rahman, S ^a   Kim, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack; Elastic plastic fracture mechanics; First order reliability method; J integral; Monte Carlo with importance sampling; Probabilistic fracture mechanics; Second order reliability method

Indexed keywords

CRACKING; ELASTIC PLASTIC ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0035933427     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(01)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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