Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics assessment for steam generator tubes with through-wall cracks

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-142

  Huh, Nam Su ^a   Kim, Jong Min ^a   Chang, Yoon Suk ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Hwang, Seong Sik ^b   Kim, Joung Soo ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Burst pressure; Crack driving force diagram; Crack opening displacement; J integral; J R curve; Steam generator tube

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

BURST PRESSURE; CRACK DRIVING FORCE DIAGRAM; CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENT; ELASTIC-PLASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS (EPFM);

STEAM GENERATORS;

EID: 33947525515     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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