Fatigue assessment of welded joints under slit-parallel loading based on strain energy density or notch rounding

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1490-1504

  Radaj, D ^a   Lazzarin, P ^a   Berto, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue assessment; Fictitious notch rounding; Local approach; Strain energy density; Welded joint

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE ASSESSMENT; FICTITIOUS NOTCH ROUNDING; LOCAL APPROACH; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; WELDED JOINT;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; FATIGUE TESTING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRAIN ENERGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDING;

WELDS;

EID: 67650988867     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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