Analysis of dynamic fracture mechanisms in gas pipelines

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-289

  Zhuang, Zhuo ^a   Guo, Yongjin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arrest; Crack propagation; Dynamic fracture mechanics; Finite element method; Pipeline

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GAS PIPELINE;

EID: 0038380403     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(99)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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