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Fracture mechanics

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OSTI ID:6730216

The fracture mechanics topics discussed in this volume include those on micromechanisms, crack arrests, elastic-plastic fracture mechanics, elevated-temperature fatigue, analysis, applications, ductile/brittle transition, J-integral test methods, fatigue, and subcritical crack growth. Papers are presented on the cleavage toughness variability and the inclusion-size distribution of a weld metal; crack arrest testing, results, and applications; the failure of aluminum compact shear specimens under mixed-mode loading; the effect of loading history on closure behavior in Rene 95; stress-intensity factors for an edge crack in a stiffened sheet; and an evaluation of J-R curve testing using three-point bend specimens. Consideration is also given to a study of crack initiation in the ductile-to-brittle transition region of a weld, the development of a criterion for the effect on the J-R curve of elastic unloading, fatigue crack growth at root radii in sheets with variable thickness, long-term creep-crack growth behavior of type 316 stainless steel; and the measurement of crack closure during fatigue crack growth.

OSTI ID:
6730216
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English