Ultrasonic measurement of the crack depth and the crack opening stress intensity factor under a no load condition

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 49-63

  Saka, M ^a   Akanda, M A Salam ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Crack closing stress; Inverse analysis; Small closed crack; Stress intensity factors; Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHEAR WAVES; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

CRACK CLOSING STRESS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; SMALL CLOSED CRACK; ULTRASONIC NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION;

ULTRASONIC TESTING; CRACKS;

CRACK CLOSING STRESS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE); SMALL CLOSED CRACK; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR;

EID: 6344287256     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:jone.0000045220.19233.c3     Document Type: Article

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