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Engineering & Informatics
Prof. Padraic O'Donoghue

Biography
Peer Reviewed Journals
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(2013) | 'An improved unified viscoplastic model for strain-rate sensitivity in high temperature fatigue'
Barrett, RA, O’Donoghue, PE, Leen, SB (2013) 'An improved unified viscoplastic model for strain-rate sensitivity in high temperature fatigue'. International Journal Of Fatigue, 48 :192-204 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
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(2000) | 'Determination of material fracture toughness by a computational/experimental approach for rapid crack propagation in PE pipe'
Zhuang, Z,O'Donoghue, PE (2000) 'Determination of material fracture toughness by a computational/experimental approach for rapid crack propagation in PE pipe'. International Journal Of Fracture, 101 :251-268 [Details] |
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(2000) | 'The recent development of analysis methodology for rapid crack propagation and arrest in gas pipelines'
Zhuang, Z,O'Donoghue, PE (2000) 'The recent development of analysis methodology for rapid crack propagation and arrest in gas pipelines'. International Journal Of Fracture, 101 :269-290 [Details] |
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(1999) | 'A finite element model for crack arrestor design in gas pipelines'
O'Donoghue, PE,Zhuang, Z (1999) 'A finite element model for crack arrestor design in gas pipelines'. Fatigue & Fracture Of Engineering Materials & Structures, 22 :59-66 [Details] |
Book Chapters
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(2013) | 'Finite element modelling of the thermo‐mechanical behaviour of a 9Cr martensitic steel'
Barrett, RA, O’Donoghue, PE, Leen, SB (2013) 'Finite element modelling of the thermo‐mechanical behaviour of a 9Cr martensitic steel' In: Advanced Materials Modelling for Structures. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. [DOI] [Details] |
Conference Publications
Year | Publication | |
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(2012) | IUTAM Symposium Advanced Materials Modelling for Structures
Barrett, RA, O’Donoghue, PE, Leen, SB (2012) Finite element modelling of the thermo‐mechanical behaviour of a 9Cr martensitic steel . In: Serge Kruch eds. IUTAM Symposium Advanced Materials Modelling for Structures [Details] |