Fatigue life prediction of gas tungsten arc welded AISI 304L cruciform joints with different LOP sizes

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Singh, P Johan ^a   Achar, D R G ^b   Guha, B ^b   Nordberg, Hans ^c  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c Avesta Polarit AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cruciform joints; Fatigue life; Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW); Lack of penetration (LOP); Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STAINLESS STEEL;

GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING (GTAW);

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 0037208430     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(02)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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