Limit load solutions for thin-walled cylinders with circumferential cracks under combined internal pressure, axial tension and bending

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 673-683

  Lei, Y ^a   Budden, P J ^a  

^a BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combined loading; Cylinder; Limit load; Pipe; Surface crack

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; CRACKS; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE;

COMBINED LOADING; LIMIT LOAD; PLASTIC FINITE ELEMENT; THIN-WALLED CYLINDERS;

STRUCTURAL LOADS;

EID: 10044234103     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0309324042379374     Document Type: Article

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