Prediction of fatigue behaviour in stress-concentrators of arbitrary geometry

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 929-939

  Taylor, David ^a   Lawless, Stephen ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Finite element analysis; Fracture mechanics; Notches; Stress concentrators

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE; STRESS CONCENTRATORS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

FATIGUE; GEOMETRICAL EFFECTS; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTORS;

EID: 0030111584     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(95)00177-8     Document Type: Article

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