Experimental and numerical investigations into the effect of an interference fit on the fatigue life of double shear lap joints

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2066-2080

  Chakherlou, T N ^a   Mirzajanzadeh, M ^a   Vogwell, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double shear lap joints; Fatigue life; Finite elements; Interference fit

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; DOUBLE LAP JOINT; DOUBLE SHEAR LAP JOINTS; DOUBLE-SHEAR; FATIGUE LIFE; FATIGUE TESTS; FE MODEL; FE-SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENTS; INTERFERENCE FIT; LAP JOINT; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; S-N CURVE;

CURVE FITTING; FATIGUE TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 67649586382     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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