Stress intensity factors of semi-elliptical surface cracks in pressure vessels by global-local finite element methodology

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1299-1312

  Diamantoudis, A Th ^a   Labeas, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Global local analysis; Pressure vessel; Semi elliptical surface crack; Stress concentration; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

CRACK LOCATIONS; SEMI-ELLIPTICAL CRACKS; STRESS FIELDS; SURFACE CRACKS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 13944273817     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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