Stress-intensity factors for circular hollow section V-joints with a rack-plate chord

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-79

  Qian, Xudong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Circular hollow section (CHS) joint; Interaction integral; Jack up platform; Mode mixity; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DRILLING PLATFORMS; JOINING; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLATE METAL; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDING; WELDS;

CHORD DIAMETERS; CIRCULAR HOLLOW SECTION (CHS) JOINT; CIRCULAR HOLLOW SECTIONS; CRACK DEPTHS; CRACK LENGTHS; CRACK SIZES; DISPLACEMENT CONTINUITIES; ELASTIC INTERACTIONS; ELASTIC STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FATIGUE ASSESSMENTS; FATIGUE CRACKS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS; HIGH MODES; INITIAL FLAWS; INTERACTION INTEGRAL; JACK-UP PLATFORM; LACK OF PENETRATIONS; LOADING CONDITIONS; MIXED MODES; MODE MIXITY; NONDIMENSIONAL; PLATE MODELS; SURFACE CRACKS; SURFACE-BREAKING CRACKS; T JOINTS; V SHAPES; WALL THICKNESS RATIOS; WELD METALS; WELDING PROCEDURES;

CRACKS;

EID: 58949102961     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2008.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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