AbstractExperiments on copper tubes with simulated cracks and slots in them are used to provide justification of the classical approach to assessing the limit moment carrying capacity of cracked tubular components.KeywordstubularcircumferentialcrackedmomentpipeGet full access to this articleView all access options for this article.Get accessReferences1.British Energy Generation Ltd, Assessment of the Integrity of Structures Containing Defects, R6, Revision 4, (BEG, Gloucester, 2001).2. Calladine C. R. Plasticity for Engineers (Ellis Horwood, Chichester, 1985).
