Reliability of welded structures containing cracks in heat-affected zones

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 225-232

  Lanning, David B ^a   Herman Shen, M H ^b  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK; FATIGUE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; RELIABILITY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WELDED JOINT;

EID: 0034469388     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: 1528896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1289288     Document Type: Article

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