Effects of weld profile and undercut on fatigue crack propagation life of thin-walled cruciform joint

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 261-285

  Mashiri, F R ^a   Zhao, X L ^a   Grundy, P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE BEASY; THIN-WALLED CRUCIFORM JOINTS;

WELDS;

EID: 0034818926     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8231(00)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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