Fatigue strength assessment of welded joints: From the integration of Paris' law to a synthesis based on the notch stress intensity factors of the uncracked geometries

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 364-378

  Atzori, B ^a   Lazzarin, P ^a   Meneghetti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Finite element method; Fracture mechanics; Notch stress intensity factors; Strain energy density; Welded joints

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRAIN ENERGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FATIGUE STRENGTH ASSESSMENT; NOTCH-STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY;

WELDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRAIN ENERGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WELDS;

EID: 36249012515     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.03.029     Document Type: Article

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