A computational study of local stress intensity factor solutions for kinked cracks near spot welds in lap-shear specimens

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 24-25, 2005, Pages 6277-6298

  Wang, D A ^a   Pan, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fracture; Kinked crack; Mixed mode; Spot weld; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WELDS;

KINKED CRACKED; LAP-SHEAR; MIXED MODE; SPOT WELD;

STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 24944578902     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2005.05.036     Document Type: Article

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