Observation and prediction of fatigue behavior of spot welded joints with triple thin steel plates under tensile-shear loading

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 620-627

  Choi, Byoung Ho ^a   Joo, Dong Ho ^b   Song, Sam Hong ^c  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b Rinnai Korea   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crack opening angle; Fatigue lifetime; Fatigue limit; Spot weldments

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES); PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL; WELDING;

CRACK OPENING ANGLE; FATIGUE LIFETIME; FATIGUE LIMIT; SPOT WELDMENTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 33845736918     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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