An Inverse Finite Element Analysis and A Parametric Study of Small Punch Tests

Small punch test (SPT) has been widely used to evaluate in-service materials in nuclear fusion facilities. Early use of SPTs is largely based on empirical relations or curve fitting from experimental data, while recent applications of SPTs take advantage of finite element methods. In this study, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xu, Zhenzhen
Other Authors: Gao, Xin-Lin
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10653