Fatigue analysis of welded joints: State of development

Marine Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-200

  Fricke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; SEAM WELDING; SPOT WELDING; STRAIN; STRESSES;

FATIGUE LOADING;

WELDS;

FATIGUE; REVIEW; WELDED JOINT;

EID: 0038476989     PISSN: 09518339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8339(02)00075-8     Document Type: Review

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