On the use of the Theory of Critical Distances to predict static failures in ductile metallic materials containing different geometrical features

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4410-4421

  Susmel, L ^a,b   Taylor, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ductile materials; Notches; Static failure; Theory of Critical Distances

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; GEOMETRY; IRON; METALS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PLASTICS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; STEEL; WELDS;

(E ,2E) THEORY; APPLIED LOADS; CRITICAL DISTANCES; DEGREE OF ACCURACY; DESIGN PROCESSES; ELASTO PLASTIC; ELSEVIER (CO); FATIGUE FAILURES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; LOSS OF ACCURACY; LOW CARBON STEEL (LCS); METALLIC MATERIALS; NOTCH GEOMETRY; NOTCHED COMPONENTS; NOTCHED SPECIMENS; POST-PROCESSING; SPECIMEN THICKNESS; STATIC FAILURES; STRESS FIELDS; TENSILE LOADINGS; THREE POINT BENDING;

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EID: 47549084588     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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