Predicting crack arrest behaviour of structural steels using small-scale material characterisation tests

European Structural Integrity Society

Volumn 30, Issue C, 2002, Pages 271-278

  Gallo, C ^a   Alvarez J A ^a   Gutierrez Solana F ^a   Polanco, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brittle Propagation Energy; Crack Arrest; Fracture Appearance; Large Scale Tests; Small Scale Tests; Structural Steels

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957821306     PISSN: 15661369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-1369(02)80030-9     Document Type: Article

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