FITNET FFS procedure: A unified European procedure for structural integrity assessment

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 559-577

  Gutierrez Solana F ^a   Cicero, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Creep; Fatigue; Fracture; Structural integrity

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CORROSION; CORROSION FATIGUE; CREEP; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES; ASSESSMENT TOOLS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; EUROPEANS; FAILURE MECHANISMS; FATIGUE; FITNESS FOR SERVICES; PLASTIC COLLAPSES; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENTS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 57649238150     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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