Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics : Proceedings of the 4th Advanced Seminar on Fracture Mechanics, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, 24–28 October 1983 in Collaboration with the European Group on Fracture

Proceedings of the 4th Advanced Seminar on Fracture Mechanics, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, October 24-28, 1983 Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction to the Advanced Seminar ASFM4 on Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics....Pages 1-11 The J-Concept: Theoretical Basis And its Use in EPFM....Pages 13-53 Case Studies on the Determination of Applied J-Values....Pages 55-83 The Measurement of Critical Values of Crack Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) and J on Parent Steels and Weldments for Use in Fracture Assessments....Pages 85-115 Ductile Fracture Material Characterization by J-R Curves....Pages 117-143 Experimental Determination of Fracture Mechanics Parameters of Irradiated Materials....Pages 145-164 Surface Cracks....Pages 165-201 Micromechanisms of Crack Initiation and Crack Propagation....Pages 203-225 Numerical Analysis In EPFM....Pages 227-261 Methodology and Applications of Local Criteria for the Prediction of Ductile Tearing....Pages 263-283 Fracture and Damage....Pages 285-302 Cleavage Fracture and Transition: Application to the Warmprestress Effect....Pages 303-325 Workshop 1 Worked Examples Using The CEGB Procedure For The Assessment Of The Integrity Of Structures Containing Defects....Pages 327-371 Workshop 2: The EPRI* Method for Ductile Fracture Analysis....Pages 373-396 Workshop 3. The Cod Method for Assessing the Significance of Defects....Pages 397-410 Workshop 4 A J -Based Fracture Safe Estimation Procedure, EnJ ., with Applications Including Estimation of the Maximum Load for Ductile Tearing.....Pages 411-426 Dynamic Fracture Mechanics — Rapid Crack Growth in Linear and Non-Linear Materials....Pages 427-478 On The Mechanics of Dynamic Fracture Phenomena....Pages 479-507 Conclusions of Seminar....Pages 509-519 Back Matter....Pages 521-527