Finite element modelling of fatigue crack growth of surface cracked plates: Part II: Crack shape change

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 523-540

  Lin, X B ^a   Smith, R A ^b  

^a N code International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack shape change; Fatigue crack growth; Surface crack; Three dimensional finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SURFACES; TENSILE STRESS;

CRACK SHAPE CHANGE; CRANK FRONTS; MULTIPLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM; NEWMAN METHOD; RAJU METHOD; SURFACE CRACK;

PLATE METAL;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE CRACK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PLATE; SHAPE;

EID: 0033618036     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(99)00041-7     Document Type: Article

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