A new statistical local criterion for cleavage fracture in steel. Part II: Application to an offshore structural steel

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 453-474

  Bordet, S R ^a   Karstensen, A D ^a   Knowles, D M ^b   Wiesner, Christoph S ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cleavage fracture; Dynamic loading; Local Approach; Local criterion; Structural steel

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROCRACKS; NUCLEATION; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN;

CLEAVAGE FRACTURES; MICROCRACK NUCLEATION; OFFSHORE STRUCTURAL STEEL; STATISTICAL LOCAL CRITERION;

STEEL;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 7244253187     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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