Investigating the spot weld fatigue crack growth process using X-ray imaging

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Wang, G ^a   Barkey, M E ^a  

^a Box 870280   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack Initiation; Crack Propagation; Fatigue Crack; Stress Intensity Factor; Tensile Shear Spot Weld; X ray

Indexed keywords

LOADING AMPLITUDE; SPOT WELD; TENSILE-SHEAR SPOT WELD;

CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALVANIZING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; X RAYS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 33645672950     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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