The Crack Tip Opening Displacement in Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics

Proceedings of the Workshop on the CTOD Methodology GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht, GmbH, Geesthacht, Germany, April 23–25, 1985

herausgegeben von K.H. Schwalbe

Crack Tip Examination.
Numerical Evaluation of Crack Tip Opening Displacements: 2D and 3D Applications.
Problems of Numerical CTOD Analyses.
Theoretical Calculation of CTOD Using a Dugdale Model Including Strain Hardening for Surface Cracks.
Dugdale Solutions for Strain Hardening Materials.
Experimental Techniques.
COD Concepts in R-Curve Testing.
On the Experimental Determination of CTOD Based R-Curves.
Relationships Between Various Definitions of the Crack Tip Opening Displacement.
CTOD and Crack Growth Including J-CTOD Relationship.
Evaluation of the Crack-Tip-Opening-Displacement (VR) Resistance Curve Method.
CTOD and J Relationships for a Growing Crack.
Relations Between the Crack Tip Opening Displacement, ?5, and the Modified J, JM.
Application.
A Preliminary Assessment of the Use of the CTOD Criterion in Dynamic Fracture Mechanics.
CTOD Testing of Welds.
Statistical Analysis of Critical CTOD and J Values in SAW C-Mn Steel Welds.
On the Toughness Evaluation of Sulphide-Controlled Fe 510 Steel by Charpy-V-Impact, Fracture Mechanics, and Wide Plate Tests.
The Use of CTOD Methods in Fitness for Purpose Analysis.
The Prediction of Failure Situations Using th CTOD Concept Based on the Engineering Treatment Model (ETM).
Fracture Mechanics Tests on Axially Cracked Pipe Sections Subjected to Internal Pressure.