Stress concentrations in tubular gap K-joints: Mechanics and fatigue design

Engineering Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-14

  Karamanos, Spyros A ^a   Romeijn, Arie ^a   Wardenier, Jaap ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Hot spot stress; Stress concentration; Tubular joint; Weld

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPH THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

HOT SPOT STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTORS (SCF);

WELDS;

EID: 0033901515     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(98)00062-5     Document Type: Article

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