Comparison of semi-elliptical cracks in cylinders with a thickness transition and in a straight cylinders - Elastic-plastic behaviour

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2685-2697

  Saffih, Abdelkader ^a,b   Hariri, Saïd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

Author keywords

J integral; Semi elliptical crack; Simplified method; Thickness transition

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELASTOPLASTICITY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

SEMI-ELLIPTICAL CRACK; THICKNESS TRANSITION;

CRACKS;

BENDING MOMENTS; CRACKS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELASTOPLASTICITY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 33747757968     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.04.028     Document Type: Article

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