A single fracture-mechanics based method is described for assessing a part-through crack in the wall of a pipe subjected to internal pressure of liquid and/or gas. The method utilizes simple approximate expressions for determining the fracture parameters K, J, and employs these parameters to determine critical dimensions of crack on the basis of equality between the J-integral and the J-based fracture toughness of the pipe steel. The crack tip constraint is accounted by the so-called plastic constraint factor C, by which the uniaxial yield stress in the J. integral equation is multiplied. The results of the prediction of the fracture condition are verified by burst tests on test pipes. and Obsahuje seznam literatury