Loading rate effects on parameters of the Weibull stress model for ferritic steels

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2416-2425

  Gao, Xiaosheng ^a   Dodds Jr , Robert H ^b  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavage fracture; Dynamic loading; Failure probability; Fracture toughness; Rate sensitivity; Weibull stress

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; FERRITIC STEEL; MACROSCOPIC TOUGHNESS; SHALLOW CRACK; WEIBULL STRESS MODELS;

STEEL METALLOGRAPHY;

FRACTURING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 22144440944     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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