Stress intensity factors for spot welds and associated kinked cracks in cup specimens

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 581-598

  Wang, D A ^a   Lin, S H ^c   Pan, J ^b  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fatigue; Kinked crack; Spot weld; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; CORRELATION METHODS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WELDS;

CYCLIC LOADING CONDITIONS; KINKED CRACK GEOMETRY; KINKED CRACKS; SPOT WELDS;

CRACKS;

EID: 15744400274     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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