A procedure for fatigue life prediction of spot welded joints

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1117-1128

  Salvini, P ^a   Scardecchia, E ^a   Demofonti, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue life predictions; Finite element method; Spot welds

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SERVICE LIFE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

POISSON'S MODULUS;

WELDS;

EID: 0030711389     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1997.tb00317.x     Document Type: Article

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