Analysis of cracked steel members reinforced by pre-stress composite patch

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-66

  Colombi, P ^a   Bassetti, A ^b   Nussbaumer, A ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Composite patch; Fatigue crack reinforcement; Parametric analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATE METAL; STEEL; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

ADHESIVE-PLATE INTERFACE; CRACKED STEEL MEMBER; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PRES-STRESS COMPOSITE PATCH;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0037246020     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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