An investigation of the loading rate dependence of the Weibull stress parameters

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1451-1467

  Gao, Xiaosheng ^a   Joyce, James A ^b   Roe, Charles ^c  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavage fracture; Failure probability; Fracture toughness; Loading rate; Pressure vessel; Weibull stress

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DYNAMIC LOADS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STEEL; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

LOADING RATE; WEIBULL STRESS PARAMETER;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

CRACKS; DYNAMIC LOADS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PRESSURE VESSELS; STEEL; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 38049060735     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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