A parametric study on the surface crack growth by using the three-dimensional fully plastic solutions
Abstract
In connection with the Leak-Before-Break assessment of the piping, attention has been given to the behavior of surface cracks. Because the exact solutions are hardly obtained due to the complexity of the geometry, several numerical results, including large-scale finite element solutions, have been reported for this problem. However, even for the most basic solution of this problem, namely the stress intensity factors for a semi-elliptical surface crack in a plate under tension, there are still considerable disagreements between the results reported.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Fatigue and fracture mechanics
Numerical methods in engineering
Elasticity and Wave Propagation
Publication details
- Journal / source
- CRC Press eBooks
- Pages
- 189–194
- Publication date
- 17 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter