A single specimen CTOA test method for evaluating the crack tip opening angle in gas pipeline steels

Proceedings of the Biennial International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1703-1709

  Hashemi, Sayyed H ^a   Howard, Ian C ^a   Yates, John R ^a   Andrews, Robert M ^b   Edwards, Alan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Advantica Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; YIELD STRESS;

CRACK TIP OPENINGS; DATA SETS; DYNAMIC DROP WEIGHT TEAR TEST (DWTT); GAS PIPELINE STEELS;

GAS PIPELINES;

EID: 18144420790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ipc2004-0610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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