Experimental and numerical investigation of thickness effect on ductile fracture toughness of steel alloy sheets

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 646-659

  Shahani, A R ^a   Rastegar, M ^a   Botshekanan Dehkordi, M ^a   Moayeri Kashani, H ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ductile fracture toughness; Finite element analysis; Thickness effect

Indexed keywords

COMPACT TENSION SPECIMEN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SPECIMEN TESTS; STANDARD TEST METHOD; STEEL ALLOYS; THICKNESS EFFECT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

CERIUM ALLOYS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; METAL ANALYSIS; STEEL SHEET;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 76049086109     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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