Method of constraint loss correction of CTOD fracture toughness for fracture assessment of steel components

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1996-2020

  Minami, F ^a   Ohata, M ^a   Shimanuki, H ^b   Handa, T ^c   Igi, S ^c   Kurihara, M ^c   Kawabata, T ^d   Yamashita, Y ^e   Tagawa, T ^f   Hagihara, Y ^g  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c JFE STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d Sumitomo Metal Industries Limited   (Japan)

^e IHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cleavage fracture; Constraint loss; CTOD fracture toughness; Fracture assessment; Weibull stress

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOMOGRAMS; STRESSES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; CONSTRAINT LOSS CORRECTION; FAILURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM; WEIBULL STRESS;

STEEL;

CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOMOGRAMS; STEEL; STRESSES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745601719     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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