The lower bound toughness procedure applied to the Euro fracture toughness dataset

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 483-495

  Heerens, J ^a   Pfuff, M ^a   Hellmann, D ^a   Zerbst, U ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ductile to brittle fracture transition; Failure probability; Lower bound fracture toughness; Pressure vessel steel; Test procedure

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DUCTILE FRACTURE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STEEL TESTING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

DUCTILE-TO-BRITTLE TRANSITION REGIONS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

DUCTILE-BRITTLE TRANSITION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PRESSURE VESSEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 0037127443     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(01)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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