The application of constraint based fracture mechanics to engineering structures

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-88

  Hancock, J W ^a   Nekkal, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345731847     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(97)00369-5     Document Type: Article

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