Master curve analysis of ductile to brittle transition region fracture toughness round robin data: The "EURO" fracture toughness curve

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Volumn , Issue 367, 1998, Pages

  Wallin, Kim ^a  

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Author keywords

Brittleness; Ductile brittle transition; Fracture strength; Fractures (materials); Master curve method; Statistical analysis; Steels

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040013499     PISSN: 12350621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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