Fatigue design of spot-welded austenitic and duplex stainless sheet steels

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 673-686

  Linder, J ^a   Melander, A ^a   Larsson, M ^a   Bergengren, Y ^a  

^a SWEREA KIMAB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Spot welds; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SPOT WELDING; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL TESTING; WELDS; YIELD STRESS;

DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL;

STEEL SHEET;

EID: 0031635261     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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