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Photoelastic studies of crack propagation and arrest in polymers and 4340 steel

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6216504
Progress is reported concerning the further evaluation of proposed standard procedures for determining arrest toughness; study of crack behavior of 4340 steel with firefringent coatings; comparison of crack behavior in plastic and steel duplex specimen; a dynamic photoelastic study of crack propagation in a ring specimen; characterization of effect of damping on crack behavior; comparison of crack behavior in Araldite B and Homalite 100; and parametric aspects of crack tip stress fields.
Research Organization:
Maryland Univ., College Park (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
OSTI ID:
6216504
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CR-0542
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English