Bilinear CTOD/CTOA scheme for characterisation of large range mode I and mixed mode stable crack growth through AISI 4340 steel

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3175-3185

  Maiti, S K ^a   Kishore, G Krishna ^a   Mourad, A H I ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STEEL;

ACCURATE; AISI 4340 STEELS; CHARACTERISATION; COMPACT TENSIONS; CRACK GROWTHS; DISPLACEMENT DIAGRAMS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSES; LARGE RANGES; LARGE SPANS; MIXED MODES; STABLE CRACK GROWTHS; STARTING VALUES;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 54949119472     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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