Fatigue assessment of a riveted shear splice based on a probabilistic model

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 453-462

  De Jesus, Abílio M P ^a,b   Pinto, Hernán ^c   Fernández Canteli, Alfonso ^d   Castillo, Enrique ^c   Correia, José A F O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fatigue modelling; Finite element analysis; Life prediction; Probabilistic analysis; Riveted connections; S N curves

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE MODELLING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LIFE PREDICTION; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; RIVETED CONNECTIONS; S-N CURVES;

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ELASTOPLASTICITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 70350568831     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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