Calibration of the Weibull stress scale parameter, σu, using the Master Curve

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-120

  Petti, Jason P ^a   Dodds Jr , Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavage fracture; Constraint loss; Ferritic steels; Finite element modeling; Local approach; Master Curve; Transition region; Weibull stress

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FRACTURE TESTING; MICROCRACKS; PRESSURE VESSELS; STEEL; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOUGHNESS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CALIBRATION PROCESS; DATA SETS; WEIBULL STRESS;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURING; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10144226444     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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