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

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 670-680

  Horn, A J ^a   Sherry, A H ^b  

^a SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleavage fracture; Crack; Fracture toughness; Notch; Weibull model

Indexed keywords

BLUNT NOTCH; CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; ENGINEERING PLANT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FAILURE PREDICTION; INITIATION SITES; MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS; NOTCH; NOTCH-ROOT; SCALING MODEL; SHARP CRACK; SINGLE EDGE NOTCH BENDS; STRESS CRITERION; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT; WEIBULL MODELS; WEIBULL PARAMETERS; WEIBULL STRESS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CALIBRATION; CRACKS; FORECASTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; TENSILE STRESS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 78649840900     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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