Stress concentration factors and fatigue failure of welded T-connections in circular hollow sections under in-plane bending

International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 403-422

  Mashiri, Fidelis Rutendo ^a   Zhao, Xiao Ling ^a   Grundy, Paul ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Fatigue failure; Steel tubes; Stress concentration factor

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

CIRCULAR HOLLOW SECTION (CHS); FATIGUE FAILURES; STEEL TUBES; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTOR;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 7744238551     PISSN: 14658763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s021945540400129x     Document Type: Article

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