Application of acoustic emission for measuring crack initiation toughness in instrumented charpy impact testing

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 222-233

  Tronskar, J P ^a   Mannan, M A ^b   Lai, M O ^b  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Ductile brittle transition; Dynamic initiation fracture toughness; Instrumented impact testing; Steel

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRACK INITIATION; DUCTILITY; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMPACT TESTING; STEEL; ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CHARPY IMPACT TESTING; CRACKS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; LOAD TESTING; STEEL TESTING;

DUCTILE-BRITTLE TRANSITION; DYNAMIC INITIATION FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INSTRUMENTED CHARPY IMPACT TESTING;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION SENSORS; ACOUSTIC-EMISSIONS; CRACKS INITIATIONS; DUCTILE BRITTLE TRANSITION; DUCTILE TEARING; DYNAMIC INITIATION FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INITIATION TOUGHNESS; INSTRUMENTED CHARPY IMPACT TESTING; INSTRUMENTED IMPACT TESTING; SINGLE SPECIMEN;

EID: 0038192362     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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