The effect of ductile crack growth on the temperature dependence of cleavage fracture toughness for a RPV steel with various degrees of embrittlement

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 285-296

  Margolin, B Z ^a   Kostylev, V I ^a   Minkin, A I ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROMETEY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cleavage fracture toughness; Ductile crack growth; Ductile tearing; Fracture probability; JR curve

Indexed keywords

EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PROBABILITY; STEEL; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 0043198168     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(03)00046-2     Document Type: Article

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