Evaluating fatigue performance of down gauged high strength steel suspension arm

Materials Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1017-1024

  Ellwood, R ^a,b   Jones, T B ^a   Fourlaris, G ^b  

^a Welsh Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; WELDING;

HIGH STRENGTH STEELS (HSS);

STEEL STRUCTURES;

METAL; STEEL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MATERIAL STATE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELDING;

EID: 0042821855     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/026708303225004495     Document Type: Article

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