A numerical study on the crack tip constraint of pipelines subject to extreme plastic bending

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1201-1217

  Nourpanah, N ^a   Taheri, F ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crack tip constraint; Fracture; Integrity assessment; Pipelines; Plastic bending

Indexed keywords

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; BENDING STRAIN; CRACK SIZES; CRACK TIP CONSTRAINT; CRACK TIP FIELDS; DESIGN EQUATION; FRACTURE ASSESSMENT; FRACTURE MECHANICS APPROACH; FRACTURE RESPONSE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS MEASUREMENTS; INELASTIC BENDING; INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; LOADING HISTORY; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MODIFIED BOUNDARY LAYERS; NEAR-TIP STRESS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PLASTIC BENDING; REELING METHOD; SCALE YIELDING; SINGLE PARAMETER; THICK-WALL; TWO PARAMETER;

CRACK TIPS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PIPELINES; RATING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 79953024996     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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