Statistical correlation of measured and predicted fatigue life of car bodies tested under constant and variable amplitude loading

VDI Berichte

Volumn , Issue 1846, 2004, Pages 479-491

  Fermer M ^a   Klingberg, J ^a   Weinert, M ^b   Fels, D ^b   Devlukia, J ^c   Blows, A ^c  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b FORD WERKE GMBH   (Germany)

^c JAGUAR LAND ROVER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT AMPLITUDE (CA) TESTS; VARIABLE AMPLITUDE (VA) TESTS; VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING;

AUTOMOBILE TESTING; CORRELATION METHODS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEET METAL; SPOT WELDING; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

EID: 5044249587     PISSN: 00835560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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