Thickness effects on the fatigue strength of welded steel cruciforms

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.1, 1997, Pages

  Kihl, David P ^a   Sarkani, Shahram ^b  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Stochastic fatigue; Thickness effects; Welded steel

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FATIGUE TESTING; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STATISTICAL METHODS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

HIGH STRENGTH WELDED STEEL CRUCIFORM; LINEAR CUMULATIVE DAMAGE; RAYLEIGH APPROXIMATION; THICKNESS EFFECTS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0031382135     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0142-1123(97)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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