Spot welds fatigue life prediction with cyclic strain range

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 519-528

  Pan, Ning ^a,b   Sheppard, Sheri ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b MS 6U A ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Finite element analysis; Mixed thickness specimens; Spot welds; Strain

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); STRAIN; STRESSES; WELDS;

CYCLIC STRAIN; SPOT WELDS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0036568330     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(01)00157-8     Document Type: Article

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