Time-dependent fracture and defect assessment of welded structures at high temperature

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 556-565

  Xuan, Fu Zhen ^a   Tu, Shan Tung ^a   Wang, Zhengdong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Creep crack growth; Defect assessment; Failure assessment diagram; Time dependent fracture; Welded structure

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; DEFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY;

CREEP CRACK GROWTH; DEFECT ASSESSMENT; FAILURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM; TIME DEPENDENT FRACTURE; WELDED STRUCTURES;

WELDS;

EID: 33845755014     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2349567     Document Type: Article

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