Numerical simulations to support the normalization data reduction technique

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 524-534

  Scibetta, M ^a   Lucon, E ^a   Schuurmans, J ^a   van Walle, E ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Fracture toughness; Normalization data reduction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL; STRAIN HARDENING; YIELD STRESS;

CRACK RESISTANCE; DUCTILE CRACK; NORMALIZATION DATA REDUCTION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 29844451593     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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