Stress intensity factors for spot welds joining sheets of unequal thickness

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages

  Zhang, Shicheng ^a  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Simplified finite element model; Spot weld; Stress intensity factor; Structural stress; Unequal sheet thickness

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR (SIF);

FRACTURE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR;

EID: 0942299828     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FRAC.0000005406.06773.95     Document Type: Article

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