Stress intensity factors for a surface crack in a tubular T-joint

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 677-685

  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

CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

BRACE-CHORD INTERSECTIONS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CRACK; OFFSHORE PLATFORM; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR; T-JOINT; TUBULAR JOINT;

EID: 0035960934     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(01)00083-7     Document Type: Article

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