Sheet thickness effect of spot welds based on crack propagation

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-63

  Zhang, Y ^a   Taylor, D ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fracture mechanics; Paris law; Sheet thickness effects; Spot weld

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; SPOT WELDING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

PARIS LAW; SHEET THICKNESS EFFECTS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE CRACK; SPOT WELD;

EID: 0034285117     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(00)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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