Fatigue life prediction of offshore tubular joints using fracture mechanics

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1025-1032

  Lee, M M K ^a   Bowness, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Fatigue life prediction; Offshore tubular joints; Stress intensity factors; T butts

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

TUBULAR JOINTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0036853471     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2002.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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