Observation and quantification of three-dimensional crack propagation in poly-granular graphite

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 410-420

  Mostafavi, M ^a   McDonald, S A ^b   Mummery, P M ^b   Marrow, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed X ray tomography; Crack propagation; Digital volume correlation; Fracture process zone; Nuclear graphite

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIES; CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENTS; DIGITAL VOLUME CORRELATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; NUCLEAR GRAPHITE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLACEMENTS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BRITTLENESS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; FRACTURE; GRAPHITE; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRACKS;

EID: 84885852825     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.11.023     Document Type: Article

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