A modelling technique for calculating stress intensity factors for structures reinforced by bonded straps. Part II: Validation

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 896-907

  Boscolo, M ^a,b   Zhang, X ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonded crack retarders; Composite patch repairs; Delamination; Fatigue crack growth life; Secondary bending; Selective reinforcement; Thermal residual stresses

Indexed keywords

BONDED CRACK RETARDERS; COMPOSITE PATCH REPAIRS; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; SECONDARY BENDING; SELECTIVE REINFORCEMENT; THERMAL RESIDUAL STRESS;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); REINFORCEMENT; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STEEL SHEET; STRAIN RATE; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRACKS;

EID: 77949914904     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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