Dual boundary element assessment of three-dimensional fatigue crack growth

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1157-1173

  Cisilino, Adrián P ^a   Aliabadi, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual Boundary Element Method; Fatigue crack growth

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS; WELD TOE;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 3142700852     PISSN: 09557997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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