Applications of the theory of critical distances in failure analysis

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 543-549

  Taylor, David ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Critical distance; Defect; Fatigue; Notch

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL DISTANCE; CRITICAL STRESS; DESIGN FEATURES; DESIGN VARIABLES; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; FATIGUE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIAL CONSTANT; NOTCH; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SHOW THROUGH; STRESS FIELD; THEORY OF CRITICAL DISTANCES;

BRITTLENESS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DEFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WELDS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 79951683052     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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