Uncertainty quantification of the failure assessment diagram for flawed steel components in BS 7910:2019

The failure assessment line (FAL) describes the interaction between plastic failure and fracture of flawed steel components subjected to tension or bending. This paper quantifies the model uncertainty of the FAL as provided in the internationally used British Standard BS 7910:2019 by comparing the assessment with the actual failure load of 82...

Simplified contraint-modified failure assessment procedure for structral components containing defects

Two basic procedures are currently available to determine the critical condition of a flawed structure, at which unstable crack extension may occur. The first method based on elastic-plastic fracture mechanics is accurate but requires a time consuming elastic-plastic finite element analysis. The second method estimates the critical condition...