Loading rate effect on ductile crack resistance of steels using precracked Charpy specimens

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 752-761

  Chaouadi, R ^a,b   Puzzolante, J L ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b EURATOM ASSOCIATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charpy impact; Crack growth correction; Crack resistance; Ductile fracture; Dynamic; Fracture toughness; JR curve; Loading rate; Loss of constraint; Precracked Charpy; Quasi static

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; FERRITE; FERRITIC STEEL; IMPACT RESISTANCE; LOADING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STRAIN RATE;

CHARPY IMPACT; CRACK GROWTH CORRECTION; CRACK RESISTANCE; DYNAMIC; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; JR-CURVE; LOADING RATE; LOSS OF CONSTRAINT; PRECRACKED CHARPY; QUASI-STATIC;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 53649094122     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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