A notch stress intensity approach applied to fatigue life predictions of welded joints with different local toe geometry

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-58

  Lazzarin, P ^a   Lassen, T ^b   Livieri, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Fatigue strength; Local toe geometry; Notch stress intensity factor; Strain energy; V notch; Welded joint

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WELDS;

FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION; LOCAL TOE GEOMETRY; NOTCH STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0037252373     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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