Prediction of cleavage fracture from non-sharp defects using the weibull stress based toughness scaling model

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 6, Issue PART B, 2010, Pages 983-990

  Horn, Anthony J ^a   Sherry, Andrew H ^b  

^a Structural Integrity Knowledge Group ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; SCALING MODEL; SHARP CRACK; SINGLE EDGE NOTCH BENDS; TEST RESULTS; WEIBULL PARAMETERS; WEIBULL STRESS;

BOILERS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CAISSONS; CALIBRATION; CRACKS; FORECASTING; PRESSURE VESSELS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77952970477     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/PVP2009-77298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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