Interfacial toughness for the shipboard aluminum/steel structural transition joint

Marine Structures

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 353-362

  Chao, R M ^a   Yang, J M ^a   Lay, S R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crack; Critical energy released rate; Fracture toughness; Interfacial strength; Structural transition joint

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SHIPBUILDING; STEEL; TENSILE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

STRUCTURAL TRANSITION JOINTS (STJ);

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031162145     PISSN: 09518339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0951-8339(96)00018-4     Document Type: Article

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