A probabilistic model for cleavage fracture with a length scale - Parameter estimation and predictions of growing crack experiments

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2398-2417

  Kroon, Martin ^a   Faleskog, Jonas ^a   Öberg, Hans ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cleavage fracture; Ductile cell model; Fracture experiments; Length scale; Threshold toughness; Weakest link

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TOUGHNESS;

CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; DUCTILE CELL MODEL; DUCTILE RUPTURE PROCESS; PROBABILISTIC MODEL; THRESHOLD TOUGHNESS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TOUGHNESS;

EID: 39149089655     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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