Experimental analysis of differences in mechanical behaviour of cracked and notched specimens in a ferritic-pearlitic steel: Considerations about the notch effect on structural integrity

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2450-2466

  Cicero, S ^a   Gutierrez Solana F ^a   Horn, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crack; Failure assessment diagram; Notch; Structural integrity assessment; Toughness

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FAILURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LOCAL STRAINS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NOTCH; NOTCHED SPECIMENS; PEARLITIC STEELS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT; TRANSITION REGIONS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

BRITTLENESS; CRACKS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ELASTICITY; FERRITIC STEEL; MECHATRONICS; PEARLITE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

EID: 67649863870     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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