Simplified approach to fatigue strength assessment of fillet-welded attachment ends

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-150

  Fricke, Wolfgang ^a   Doerk, Olaf ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Section Reactor Core Components   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bracket; Fatigue; Fillet weld; Residual stress; Root crack; Stiffener

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; HULLS (SHIP); LOADS (FORCES); RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WELDS;

BRACKET; FILLET WELD; ROOT CRACK; STIFFENERS;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 27644477049     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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