Fatigue life predictions of spot welds using coarse FE meshes

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 737-746

  Henrysson, H F ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOADS (FORCES); SPOT WELDING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

SHEAR CORRECTION FACTORS;

WELDS;

EID: 0034430549     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2000.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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