Constraint comparisons for common fracture specimens: C(T)s and SE(B)s

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 71, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2677-2683

  Petti, Jason P ^a   Dodds Jr , Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTM E1921 02; Cleavage fracture; Constraint loss; Ferritic steels; Finite element modeling; Local approach; Transition region

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DUCTILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STEEL; STRESS ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

COMPACT TENSION (CT); MICROMECHANICAL MODELS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 3042664651     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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