Analysis of fatigue crack behaviour based on dynamic response simulations and experiments for tensile-shear spot-welded joints

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-30

  Shang, D G ^a   Barkey, M E ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Box 870280   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic response frequency; Fatigue crack initiation and propagation; Finite element; Spot welded joint

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRESS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE FREQUENCY; FATIGUE CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; SPOT-WELDED JOINT;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 33645988843     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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