Stress intensities derived from stresses around a spot weld

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 239-257

  Zhang, Shicheng ^a  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fracture; Interface crack; J integral; Spot weld; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; SPOT WELDING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE STRESS; THERMAL STRESS;

INTERFACE CRACK MODEL;

WELDS;

FATIGUE; FRACTURE; INTERFACE; SPOT WELD; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR;

EID: 0033511836     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018608615567     Document Type: Article

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