A parametric study of creep crack growth in heterogeneous CT specimens by use of finite element simulations

Materials at High Temperatures

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 63-68

  Segle, Peter ^a   Andersson, Peder ^a   Samuelson, Lars Å ^a  

^a SAQ Kontroll AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Finite element simulations; Heterogeneous CT specimens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242461683     PISSN: 09603409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603409.1998.11689580     Document Type: Article

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