Publication detail

Crack behavior in a welded polyolefin pipe

ŠEVČÍK, M. HUTAŘ, P. NÁHLÍK, L.

English title

Crack behavior in a welded polyolefin pipe

Type

Peer-reviewed article not indexed in WoS or Scopus

Language

en

Original abstract

A three-dimensional model of a pressured polymer pipe with a weld is created in order to estimate the stress intensity factor for a crack located inside the weld. A comparison with values obtained for an edge-cracked tension specimen, usually employed for an experimental determination of weld properties, is performed. The difference between the stress intensity factor in a homogeneous pipe and the results taking into account the changes in material properties inside the weld is presented. A conservative and easily applicable relationship for calculating the stress intensity factor in a pipe weld is proposed.

Keywords in English

fracture mechanics, polyolefin pipe, polymer weld, stress intensity factor, graded structure

Released

2011-07-21

Publisher

Springer

ISSN

0191-5665

Journal

Mechanics of composite materials

Volume

47

Number

3

Pages from–to

263–270

Pages count

8

BIBTEX


@article{BUT72899,
  author="Martin {Ševčík} and Pavel {Hutař} and Luboš {Náhlík}",
  title="Crack behavior in a welded polyolefin pipe",
  journal="Mechanics of composite materials",
  year="2011",
  volume="47",
  number="3",
  pages="263--270",
  issn="0191-5665"
}