SENT specimens an alternative to SENB specimens for fracture mechanics testing of pipelines

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 259-266

  Nyhus, Bård ^a   Polanco, Mario Loria ^a   Ørjasæther, Oddvin ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECT ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS; SINGLE EDGE NOTCH BEND (SENB); SINGLE EDGE NOTCH TENSION (SENT);

BEARING CAPACITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PLASTIC FLOW; TENSILE STRENGTH; YIELD STRESS;

OFFSHORE PIPELINES;

EID: 0344308390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2003-37370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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