Application of statically indeterminate fracture mechanics, SIFM, to a circumferentially cracked cylinder problem

The method of statically indeterminate fracture mechanics called SIFM is an application of elastic-plastic fracture mechanics to statically indetermin ate problems. Application of SIFM has been developed for axially cracked cy linder problems. Its application was modified to a circumferentially cracke d cylinder. The component might be loaded by combined transient thermal and mechanical loading. This was applied to simulate pressurized thermal shock , PTS, experiment, NKS-3, carried out by MPA. The predicted result from SIF M shows good agreement with the NKS-3 experimental one. (C) 2001 Elsevier S cience B.V. All rights reserved.