Reduction of measured toughness due to out-of-plane constraint in ductile fracture of aluminium alloy specimens

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 724-739

  Mostafavi, M ^a   Smith, D J ^a   Pavier, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biaxial test; Constraint; Fracture; J integral; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; BIAXIAL TESTS; CONSTRAINT; CRACK FRONTS; CRACK SURFACES; FRACTURE TEST; J INTEGRAL; LOADING CONDITION; LOWER BOUNDS; OUT-OF-PLANE CONSTRAINTS; PLASTIC REGIONS; STANDARD TESTS; TENSILE LOADS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CRACK TIPS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PLASTICITY; STANDARDS; TENSILE STRESS; TESTING;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 78649689176     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2010.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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