Influence of maximum stress on fatigue crack initiation life of welded steel joints and notched steel plates

Welding in the World

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 18-24

  Matsuoka, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Yuki ^a  

^a Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butt welds; Crack initiation; Fatigue cracks; Fatigue strength; Fillet welds; Notch bar test; Sea water; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011453410     PISSN: 00432288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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