Challenges in modelling the evolution of stress corrosion cracks from pits

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 633-640

  Turnbull, A ^a   Horner, D A ^a,b   Connolly, B J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Modelling; Pitting; Stress corrosion cracking; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROWTH KINETICS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MARINE ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PITTING; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STEAM TURBINES; TOMOGRAPHY;

CRACK GROWTHS; DETERMINISTIC EQUATIONS; EXPOSURE TIME; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INPUT PARAMETERS; LIFE PREDICTIONS; LONG CRACKS; MODELLING; OPERATIONAL VARIABLES; PIT DEPTHS; STEAM TURBINE ROTORS; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRESS-CORROSION CRACKS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENTS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 60849108900     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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