Industrial experiences of FE-based fatigue life predictions of welded automotive structures

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 489-500

  Fermer M ^a   Svensson, H ^a  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Car body; Fatigue; Finite element method; Seam welds; Spot welds

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEAM WELDING; SPOT WELDING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

THIN SHEET STRUCTURES;

WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0035389339     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2001.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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