Stress intensity factors and crack opening displacements for slanted axial through-wall cracks in pressurized pipes

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 428-440

  Huh, N S ^a   Shim, D J ^b   Choi, S ^a   Park, K B ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b ENGINEERING MECHANICS CORPORATION OF COLUMBUS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial through wall crack; Crack opening displacement; Finite element; Slanted crack; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; CRACKS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN FINITE ELEMENT (FE) MODEL; CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENTS (COD); CRACKED CYLINDER; ELASTIC STRESSES; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); INTERNAL PRESSURE (IP); PRESSURIZED PIPES; STRESS INTENSITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); THROUGH-WALL (TW);

STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 48249111813     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2008.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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