Ductile tearing assessment of high-strength steel X-joints under in-plane bending

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-191

  Qian, Xudong ^a   Li, Ya ^a   Ou, Zhiyong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Failure assessment diagram; Fracture resistance curve; High strength steel; Surface crack; Tubular joint

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR HOLLOW SECTION; CRACK EXTENSION; CRACKED JOINTS; CROWN POSITIONS; DUCTILE TEARING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; FAILURE ASSESSMENT CURVES; FAILURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM; FAILURE LOAD; FRACTURE SPECIMENS; IN-PLANE BENDING; LOAD LEVELS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PRE-CRACKING; SURFACE CRACKS; THROUGH-THICKNESS CRACKS; TUBULAR JOINTS; V-NOTCHES; WELD TOE;

BENDING MOMENTS; CRACKS; DUCTILITY; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PIPELINE BENDS; SURFACE DEFECTS;

HIGH STRENGTH STEEL;

EID: 84869866205     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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