The fracture of a wobbler in a heavy plate mill

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1097-1108

  Hübner, Peter ^a   Zerbst, Uwe ^b   Berger, Maik ^c   Brecht, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES MITTWEIDA   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cleavage fracture; Fracture mechanics; Heavy plate mill; Inspection regime; Wobbler

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BRIDGES; CRACKS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INSPECTION; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

BRITTLE CLEAVAGES; CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; CRACK SIZES; CRITICAL CRACK SIZES; CROSS SECTIONS; CYCLIC LOADINGS; DAMAGED COMPONENTS; DEFORMATION BEHAVIOURS; FRACTURE MECHANICS ANALYSIS; FRACTURE RESISTANCES; FRACTURE SURFACES; HEAVY PLATE MILL; INADEQUATE DESIGNS; INITIAL DEFECTS; LOAD SPECTRUM; NOTCH STRESS; RESIDUAL LIFETIMES; ROUTINE INSPECTIONS; SERVICE LOADINGS; STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; TORSIONAL MOMENTS; WOBBLER;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 62949118297     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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