A proposed specimen for KIIC testing

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 127-137

  Lo, K W ^a   Gong, Y B ^a   Tamilselvan, T ^a   Lai, M O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Compact specimen; Fracture toughness; K calibration; Mode I; Mode II; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACK TIPS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTING; K-CALIBRATION FORMULAE;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

CALIBRATION; CRACK; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 16544388365     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:frac.0000018233.02341.45     Document Type: Article

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