Identification of residual stress length scales in welds for fracture assessment

Residual Stress and Its Effects on Fatigue and Fracture - Proceedings of a Special Symposium, Held Within the 16th European Conference of Fracture, ECF 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 163-176

  Bouchard, P J ^a   Withers, P J ^b  

^a BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; WELDING; WELDS;

CRACK LENGTH; FRACTURE ASSESSMENT; FRACTURE MECHANICS ANALYSIS; LENGTH SCALE; STRESS FIELD; WELD RESIDUAL STRESS SIMULATION;

RESIDUAL STRESSES;

EID: 84896277979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5329-0_14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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