Quantitative in situ study of short crack propagation in polygranular graphite by digital image correlation

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 695-707

  Mostafavi, M ^a   Marrow, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack Propagation; Digital Image Correlation; Gilsocarbon Nuclear Graphite; Inelastic Strain; Short Cracks

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; CONTOUR INTEGRAL METHODS; CRACK NUCLEATION; CRITICAL STRAIN ENERGY; CYCLIC LOADINGS; DEGREE OF DAMAGES; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FULL-FIELD; IN-SITU STUDY; INELASTIC STRAIN; MODE I FRACTURE; NUCLEAR GRAPHITE; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS; POLYGRANULAR GRAPHITES; SHORT CRACK PROPAGATION; SHORT CRACKS; STATIC ELASTIC MODULUS; UNSTABLE FRACTURE;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; GRAPHITE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

CRACK DETECTION;

EID: 84863834561     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2012.01648.x     Document Type: Article

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