Consideration of safety factors in the life extension modelling of components operating at high temperatures

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1337, Issue , 1998, Pages 20-33

  Nikbin, K M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C*; Constraint; Crack Growth; Creep; Fracture Mechanics; K; Life Assessment; Scatter; Structural Integrity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242721897     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12341s     Document Type: Article

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