Mixed-mode fatigue crack growth of thin aluminium panels with single-side repair using experimental and numerical methods

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 629-639

  Hosseini toudeshky, H ^a   Mohammadi, B ^a   Bakhshandeh, S ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy; Bonded repair; Fatigue crack propagation; Glass epoxy composite patch; Mixed mode

Indexed keywords

BONDING; EPOXY RESINS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBERS;

GLASS/EPOXY COMPOSITE PATCH; PATCH LAY-UP CONFIGURATION; SINGLE-SIDE REPAIR;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 34250738286     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2007.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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