Fatigue crack detection with estimation of stress fields near a notch root of thin plate structures in in-plane loading

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-161

  Harada, Toyomitsu ^a   Noguchi, Hiroshi ^b  

^a FUKUOKA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actual structure; Crack detection; Crack length; Nondestructive inspection; Notch; Strain gage; Stress contour map; Theory of elasticity

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELASTICITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

THIN PLATE STRUCTURES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); CRACK DETECTION;

ACTUAL STRUCTURE; CONTOUR MAP; CRACK LENGTH; NON DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION; NOTCH; STRAIN-GAGES; STRESS CONTOUR MAP; STRESS CONTOURS; STRESS FIELD; THEORY OF ELASTICITY;

EID: 0037352970     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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