Simulation of fatigue crack closure behavior under variable-amplitude loading by a 2D finite element analysis based on the most appropriate mesh size concept

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1343, 1999, Pages 337-348

  Park, Soon Jo ^a   Song, Ji Ho ^b  

^a Technical Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); STRESS ANALYSIS;

FATIGUE CRACK CLOSURE; VARIABLE-AMPLITUDE LOADING;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033360276     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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