Estimation of fracture toughness of steel using chevron notched round bar specimens

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-261

  Ray, K K ^a   Poddar, G P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chevron notched specimen; Fracture toughness; Normalized stress intensity factor; Round bar; Three point bend loading

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POISSON RATIO; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CHEVRON NOTCH ROD SPECIMENS; CHEVRON NOTCHED RECTANGULAR BAR SPECIMENS; CHEVRON NOTCHED ROUND BAR SPECIMENS; CRACK EXTENSION; CRACK LENGTH; THREE-POINT BEND LOADING;

STEEL;

EID: 1542375374     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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