Local strain energy density and fatigue strength of welded joints under uniaxial and multiaxial loading

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1875-1889

  Lazzarin, P ^a   Livieri, P ^b   Berto, F ^a   Zappalorto, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Fatigue; Notch stress intensity factors; Strain energy density; Volume method; Welded joints

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRAIN ENERGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; VOLUME METHOD;

WELDS;

AXIAL LOADS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRAIN ENERGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WELDS;

EID: 38549142684     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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