Fatigue reliability-based assessment of welded joints applying consistent fracture mechanics formulations

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 444-456

  Ayala Uraga, Efren ^a   Moan, Torgeir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Fatigue; Reliability based; Welded joints

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DECISION MAKING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WELDING;

CRACK ASPECT RATIO; CRACK INITIATION TIME; FAILURE PROBABILITY; WELDED JOINTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 33845203366     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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