Development of an engineering assessment procedure for predicting cleavage fracture from non-sharp defects using the failure assessment diagram

Current defect assessment procedures assume all flaws to be sharp, a conservative assumption that can lead to pessimistic structural integrity assessment of structures and under-estimation of their safety margin against fracture. This study has developed an engineering assessment procedure for predi...

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Main Author: Horn, Anthony John
Published: University of Manchester 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.515092