An approximate method for fatigue-life prediction of framed structures

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1481-1491

  Bolzon, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy release rates; Fatigue life; Framed structures

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS;

CLASSICAL BEAM THEORY; ENERGY RELEASE RATES; FRAMED METAL STRUCTURES; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 0030417003     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb00183.x     Document Type: Article

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