Mode mixity for tubular K-joints with weld toe cracks

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1321-1342

  Qian, X ^a   Dodds Jr , Robert H ^a   Choo, Y S ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

3 D finite element analysis; Circular hollow section (CHS); Interaction integral; Mesh tieing; Mode mixity; Stress intensity factor; Weld toe crack

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACKS; DEFECTS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CIRCULAR HOLLOW SECTION (CHS); INTERACTION-INTEGRAL; MESH-TIEING; MODE MIXITY; WELD TOE CRACK;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACKS; DEFECTS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 33748172490     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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