Crack tip constraint correction applied to probabilistic fracture mechanics analyses of floating production, storage and off-loading vessels

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1415-1446

  Tronskar, J P ^a   Mannan, M A ^b   Lai, M O ^b   Sigurdsson, G ^a   Halsen, K O ^a  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crack tip constraint; Fatigue crack growth; Floating production off loading and storage; Probabilistic fracture mechanics; Residual stress; Unstable fracture

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; WELDS;

FRACTURE FAILURE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIP; FATIGUE CRACK; FPSO; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FLOATING OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORAGE VESSEL;

EID: 0037411245     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(02)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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