Fatigue of friction stir welds in aluminium alloys that contain root flaws

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1399-1409

  Dickerson, T L ^a   Przydatek, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LLOYD'S REGISTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Eurocode 9; Fatigue; Flaws; Friction stir welding

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DEFECTS; FATIGUE TESTING; WELDS;

FRICTION STIR WELDS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0242625362     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(03)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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