A transferability approach for reducing excessive conservatism in fracture assessments
- Submitting institution
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The University of Manchester
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 64096843
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.engfracmech.2016.11.011
- Title of journal
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics
- Article number
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- First page
- 54
- Volume
- 174
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0013-7944
- Open access status
- Exception within 3 months of publication
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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A - MACE - Mech
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Through an industrial collaboration with EDF Energy [contact: Materials Engineer, EDF Energy], the new simplified methods presented in this paper have been included in the R6 defect assessment procedure, which is the UK nuclear industry standard for defect assessment and is widely used in other industries and worldwide. The revision for R6 has been endorsed by the R6 Panel and was released in 2019.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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