Review of fatigue assessment procedures for welded aluminium structures

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1359-1378

  Maddox, S J ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys; Cumulative damage; Design codes; Experimental data; Fatigue crack growth; Fatigue design; Fitness for purpose; Stress analysis; Structural fatigue tests; Variable amplitude fatigue; Welded joints

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CODES (STANDARDS); CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; WELDS;

DESIGN CODES;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0242574340     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(03)00063-X     Document Type: Article

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