Modeling of failure near spot welds in lap-shear specimens based on a plane stress rigid inclusion analysis

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2229-2249

  Lin, P C ^a   Lin, S H ^a   Pan, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fracture; Lap shear specimen; Rigid inclusion; Spot weld

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FORMING LIMIT DIAGRAM; LAP-SHEAR SPECIMEN; PLANE STRESS RIGID INCLUSION ANALYSIS; PLASTIC STRAIN; RIGID INCLUSION;

SPOT WELDING;

ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPOT WELDING;

EID: 33746795849     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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