Fatigue cracking and its influence on dynamic response characteristics of spot welded specimens

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 512-521

  Wang, G ^a   Barkey, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue failure mode; Natural frequency; Spot weld; X ray image

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRESS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

TENSILE SHEAR; VIBRATING MODES; X RAY IMAGING;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

FATIGUE CRACK; X-RAY IMAGING;

EID: 7244240811     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0014485104047383     Document Type: Article

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