Probabilistic failure assessment of ferritic steels using the master curve approach including constraint effects

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1274-1292

  Hohe, Jörg ^a   Hebel, Jochen ^a   Friedmann, Valérie ^a   Siegele, Dieter ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constraint effect; Master curve; Probabilistic failure assessment; Transferability; Two parameter concepts

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FERRITE; PROBABILITY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CONSTRAINT EFFECT; FERRITIC STEELS; MASTER CURVE; PROBABILITY FAILURE ASSESSMENT;

STEEL;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FERRITE; PROBABILITY; STEEL; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 33847052564     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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