Cs. Wiesner, PREDICTING STRUCTURAL CRACK-ARREST BEHAVIOR USING SMALL-SCALE MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION TESTS, International journal of pressure vessels and piping, 69(2), 1996, pp. 185-196
The suitability of current small-scale tests to characterise the crack
arrest behaviour of structures is assessed. Predictions are possible
using instrumented Charpy, drop-weight tear and 'Pellini' drop-weight
tests. However, from the review of a large database of relevant test r
esults, it is concluded that the 'Pellini' drop-weight test is the mos
t suitable test available at present to characterise structural crack
arrest behaviour. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.