A new approach to ductile tearing assessment of pipelines under large-scale yielding

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 337-348

  Østby, Erling ^a   Thaulow, Christian ^b   Nyhus, Bård ^a  

^a SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ductile fracture; Pipelines; Steels; Strain based design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; LOADS (FORCES); PLASTICITY; STEEL; STRAIN;

DUCTILE TEARING ASSESSMENT; MAXIMUM LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; STRAIN-BASED DESIGN;

PIPELINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; LOADS (FORCES); PIPELINES; PLASTICITY; STEEL; STRAIN;

EID: 34248526038     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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