Effect of notch location on fatigue crack growth behavior of strength-mismatched high-strength low-alloy steel weldments

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 758-765

  Ravi, S ^a   Balasubramanian, V ^a   Nemat Nasser, S ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth; Fatigue life; High strength low alloy steel; Mismatch ratio; Notch location; Shielded metal arc welding

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CYCLIC LOADS; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FILLERS; HARD FACING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; HIGH-STRENGTH LOW-ALLOY STEEL; NOTCH LOCATION; SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING;

STEEL;

EID: 11244299263     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1361/10599490420566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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