Fatigue behaviour of Al2024-T3 friction stir welded lap joints

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 468-480

  Fersini, D ^a   Pirondi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Failure mechanism map; FSW; Mixed mode; Overlap joints

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FAILURE MECHANISM MAP; FRICTION STIR WELDED LAP JOINTS; OVERLAP JOINTS;

WELDS;

ALUMINUM; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WELDS;

EID: 33751528594     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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