Fatigue life of friction stir welded joints in the presence of corrosion damage: Experiments and calculations

Materialpruefung/Materials Testing

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 456-461

  Ghidini, Tommaso ^a,b   Alfaro, Ulises ^a,c   Dalle Donne, Claudio ^a,d  

^a Fatigue and Demage Tolerance Department ^*

^b AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH   (Germany)

^c Institute of Materials Research   (Germany)

^d AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); WELDING;

CORROSION DAMAGE; FATIGUE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE MECHANICS MODEL; WELDED JOINTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 23744476294     PISSN: 00255300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3139/120.100681     Document Type: Article

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