Fatigue design of welded aluminum rectangular hollow section joints

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-130

  MacDonald, K A ^a   Haagensen, P J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Automotive design; Fatigue design; S N curves; Space frames; Weld fatigue

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; WELDS;

AUTOMOTIVE SPACE FRAMES; WELD FATIGUE; WELDED ALUMINUM JOINTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0033116360     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1350-6307(98)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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