Fatigue life prediction of weld-joints under variable amplitude fatigue loads

Chuan Bo Li Xue/Journal of Ship Mechanics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-97

  Huang, Xiao Ping ^a   Han, Yun ^a   Cui, Wei Cheng ^b   Wan, Zheng Quan ^b   Bian, Ru Gang ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA SHIP SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Effective SIF range; Fatigue life prediction; Residual stress; Surface crack; Welded joint

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DYNAMIC LOADS; FORECASTING; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WELDS;

CRACK CLOSURE; EFFECTIVE STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR RANGE; FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION; SURFACE CRACK; WELDED JOINT;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 15044340667     PISSN: 10077294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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