This paper presents the results of an experimental and numerical study carried out to investigate

the effect of warm pre-stressing on cleavage fracture in ferritic steels using cracked and notched

specimens. ...

This paper presents the results of an experimental and numerical study carried out to investigate the

scatter in cleavage fracture in A508, a reactor pressure vessel steel, using a local fracture criterion based

on ...

fields are compared with their corresponding (i.e. at similar load) predicted probability of failure based on a statistical approach to cleavage fracture. A recently developed local stress based approach to failure probability prediction for cleavage...

This paper presents the results of an experimental and numerical study carried out to investigate

the effect of warm pre-stressing on cleavage fracture in ferritic steels using cracked and notched

specimens. ...

Potentially both global and local approaches may be used to predicting the effect of loading history on cleavage fracture toughness distribution of ferritic steels. In this paper the dramatic increase in the apparent lower ...

Potentially both global and local approaches may be used to predicting the effect of loading

history on cleavage fracture toughness distribution of ferritic steels. In this paper the dramatic

increase in the ...

Local stress based approaches to fracture prediction use Weibull distribution model based on weakest

link theory. Accuracy of predictions as part of the integrity assessment of structural steels containing

defects ...

Quantification of the enhancement in cleavage fracture toughness of ferritic steels following warm pre-stressing has received great interest in light of its significance in the integrity assessment of such structures as ...

A probability distribution model, based on the local approach to

fracture, has been developed and used for estimating cleavage fracture

following prior loading (or warm pre-stressing) in two ferritic ...