A notch intensity factor approach to the stress analysis of welds

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1089-1103

  Lazzarin, P ^a   Tovo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue of welds; Open notches; Stress analysis; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

OPEN NOTCHES;

WELDS;

EID: 0032290360     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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