PREDICTING STRUCTURAL CRACK-ARREST BEHAVIOR USING SMALL-SCALE MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION TESTS

Authors
WIESNER CS
Citation
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
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering
Journal title
International journal of pressure vessels and piping → ACNP
ISSN journal
03080161
Volume
69
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
185 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0308-0161(1996)69:2<185:PSCBUS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
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.