An implicit gradient application to fatigue of complex structures

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1804-1814

  Tovo, R ^a   Livieri, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equivalent stress; Fatigue; Implicit gradient; NSIF; Welded joints

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GRADIENT METHODS; STEEL; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WELDS;

EQUIVALENT STRESS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS; STRESS GRADIENT; WEIGHT FUNCTION;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRADIENT METHODS; STEEL; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WELDS;

EID: 38549097679     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.01.020     Document Type: Article

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