Material constraint parameters for the assessment of shallow defects in structural components. Part II: Constraint-based assessment of shallow defects

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2396-2415

  Sherry, Andrew H ^a   Hooton, D G ^b   Beardsmore, D W ^b   Lidbury, D P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SERCO ASSURANCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Constraint; Fracture toughness; Master curve; Q stress; R6; T stress

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSING; TABLE LOOKUP;

BEREMIN MODEL PARAMETER; BIAXIAL LOADING; Q-STRESS; SHALLOW DEFECTS; STEEL FORGING; T-STRESS;

CONSTRAINT THEORY;

DEFECT;

EID: 22144433376     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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