Fracture resistance of a steel weld joint under fatigue loading

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 403-419

  Lee, H K ^a   Kim, K S ^b   Kim, C M ^c  

^a Korea Heavy Industries and Construction Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c POSCO   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth; Heat affected zone; Welding

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CYCLIC LOADS; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FATIGUE LOADING; FRACTURE RESISTANCE;

WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

FATIGUE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOADING; STEEL; WELDED JOINT;

EID: 0033949179     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(00)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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