Experimental and analytical investigation of fatigue characteristics of 350WT steel under constant and variable amplitude loadings

Marine Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-91

  Taheri, F ^a   Trask, D ^b   Pegg, N ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c Defence Research Establishment Atlantic   (Canada)

Author keywords

350WT steel; Constant amplitude; Experimental; Fatigue models; Finite element method; Overload; Stress ratio; Stress ratio variable amplitude

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CURVE FITTING; CYCLIC LOADS; STEEL;

CONSTANT AMPLITUDE LOADING (CAL); RANDOM OVERLOADS (RO);

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

FATIGUE; STEEL;

EID: 0037224617     PISSN: 09518339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8339(02)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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