Controlled toe waviness as a means to increase fatigue resistance of automatic welds in transverse loading

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 667-675

  Chapetti, M D ^a   Otegui, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Automatic welds; Fatigue; Surface cracks; Toe waviness

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; STEEL;

FATIGUE RESISTANCE; TOE WAVINESS;

WELDS;

EID: 0031361265     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(97)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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