Numerical and analytical study of severity of cracks in cylindrical and spherical shells

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1027-1044

  El Hakimi, Abdelhadi ^a   Le Grognec, Philippe ^a   Hariri, Said ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

Author keywords

A16 R6 methods; Cylindrical and spherical shells; J integral; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CYLINDRICAL SHELLS; LINEAR ELASTIC DOMAIN; POLYNOMIAL DECOMPOSITION;

CRACKS;

CRACKS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 36749037713     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.04.027     Document Type: Article

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