Correlation of fracture behavior in high pressure pipelines with axial flaws using constraint designed test specimens - Part I: Plane-strain analyses

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1344-1360

  Cravero, Sebastian ^a   Ruggieri, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axial flaws; Cleavage fracture; Constraint; J Q approach; Pipelines; SE(T) specimen

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FRACTURE; LOADING; STRAIN; TOUGHNESS;

CRACK TIP; CYLINDRICAL VESSELS; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; NOTCH FRACTURE;

HIGH PRESSURE PIPELINES;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; PIPELINE;

EID: 13944263639     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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