Fatigue of welded components

Welding Research Council Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 422, 1997, Pages 1-64

  Barsom, John M ^a   Vecchio, Robert S ^b  

^a UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Lucius Pitkin Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WELDING CODES;

FATIGUE DESIGN CURVES; WELDED COMPONENTS;

WELDS;

EID: 0031153752     PISSN: 00432326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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