Constraint effect on the ductile crack growth resistance of circumferentially cracked pipes

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 671-684

  Xu, J ^a,c   Zhang, Z L ^a   Ostby E ^b   Nyhus, B ^b   Sun, D B ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Axisymmetric model; Biaxial loading; Ductile crack growth; Large scale yielding; Pipes; The complete Gurson model

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC MODELS; BIAXIAL LOADING; DUCTILE CRACK GROWTH; GURSON MODELS; LARGE SCALE YIELDING; SCALE YIELDING;

CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE;

CRACKS;

EID: 76049094325     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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