Predicting fatigue crack growth rate in a welded butt joint: The role of effective R ratio in accounting for residual stress effect

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1589-1602

  Servetti, G ^a   Zhang, X ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth rate; Finite element method; Mutual work; Thermal residual stress; Virtual crack closure technique; Weld joint

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RATE; MUTUAL WORK; THERMAL RESIDUAL STRESS; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE TECHNIQUE; WELD JOINT;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; BUTT WELDING; CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK DETECTION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GROWTH RATE; PLASMA WELDING; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WELDS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 67349221039     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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