Finite element modelling of fatigue crack growth of surface cracked plates: Part III: Stress intensity factor and fatigue crack growth life

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 541-556

  Lin, X B ^a   Smith, R A ^b  

^a N code International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue life prediction; Stress intensity factor; Surface crack; Three dimensional finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SURFACES; TENSILE STRESS;

MULTIPLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM MODEL; NEWMAN EQUATION; RAJU EQUATION; SURFACE CRACK; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

PLATE METAL;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE LIFE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PLATE; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR;

EID: 0033618041     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(99)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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