Application of a T-stress based constraint correction to A533B steel fracture toughness data

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1417, 2002, Pages 307-327

  Tregoning, Robert L ^a   Joyce, James A ^b  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Constraint; Ductile fracture; Ductile to brittle transition; Fracture; Fracture toughness; Master curve; To< inf> reference temperature

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STEEL; STRESS ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

CLEAVAGE; CONSTRAINT CORRECTION FUNCTIONS; DUCTILE-TO-BRITTLE TRANSITION; MASTER CURVE; REFERENCE TEMPERATURE; WEIBULL MODULUS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0036972128     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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