Effects of geometry of notched specimens on the local cleavage fracture stress σf of C-Mn steel

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 70, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2499-2512

  Wang, G Z ^a   Wang, J G ^a   Chen, J H ^a  

^a GANSU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

C Mn steel; Local cleavage fracture stress; Specimen size; Stress and strain distribution

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRESSES;

LOCAL CLEAVAGE;

CARBON STEEL;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; STEEL;

EID: 0038778116     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(03)00080-8     Document Type: Article

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