Effects of mean stress and crack closure on fatigue life of spot welds

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1175-1185

  Henrysson, H F ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Fatigue; Finite element method; Fracture mechanics; Spot welds

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESSES;

CRACK OPENING FORCE; LINEAR DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; SPOT WELDS; STRESS CORRECTIONS;

WELDS;

EID: 0036946549     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2002.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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