Fatigue life and crack path predictions in generic 2D structural components

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1259-1279

  Miranda, A C O ^a   Meggiolaro, M A ^a   Castro, J T P ^a   Martha, L F ^a   Bittencourt, T N ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Fatigue; Finite elements

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0037411052     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(02)00099-1     Document Type: Article

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