Fatigue life prediction of complex 2D components under mixed-mode variable amplitude loading

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 25, Issue 9-11, 2003, Pages 1157-1167

  De Oliveira Miranda, Antonio Carlos ^a   Meggiolaro, Marco Antonio ^a   De Castro, Jaime Tupiassú Pinho ^a   Martha, Luiz Fernando ^a  

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

Author keywords

Curved cracks; Fatigue crack growth; Finite elements; Load interaction effects

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

LOAD INTERACTION EFFECTS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0242577757     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(03)00118-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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