Accession Number:

AD0610402

Title:

FRACTURE ARREST IN PRESSURE VESSELS.

Descriptive Note:

Monograph series for 16-19 Aug 60,

Corporate Author:

WATERTOWN ARSENAL LABS MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Bluhm,Joseph I.
• Mardirosian,Milton M.

Report Date:

1960-08-19

Pagination or Media Count:

38.0

Abstract:

A technique is developed for the experimental evaluation of the elastic energy release rate in a pressure vessel and is applied to plastic models. The feasibility of effecting crack arrest is demonstrated and the prediction of the arrested crack length is schematically indicated. Author

Descriptors:

• *FRACTURE(MECHANICS)
• FRACTURE(MECHANICS)
• PRESSURE VESSELS
• FEASIBILITY STUDIES
• PLASTIC PROPERTIES
• ACRYLIC RESINS
• PHENOLIC PLASTICS
• ELASTIC PROPERTIES
• MODEL TESTS
• ORDNANCE

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE