Fracture mechanics and damage mechanics based fatigue lifetime prediction of adhesively bonded joints subjected to variable amplitude fatigue

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1073-1090

  Shenoy, V ^a   Ashcroft, I A ^a   Critchlow, G W ^a   Crocombe, A D ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonded joints; Damage mechanics; Fracture mechanics; Variable amplitude fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVELY BONDED JOINTS; ADHESIVELY BONDED SINGLE LAP JOINTS; BONDED JOINT; CYCLE COUNTING; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DAMAGE RATE; EQUIVALENT PLASTIC STRAIN; FATIGUE CYCLES; FATIGUE LIFE; FATIGUE LIFETIME; FATIGUE LIFETIME PREDICTION; FATIGUE LOADS; LOAD-INTERACTION EFFECT; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP; VARIABLE AMPLITUDE FATIGUE;

ADHESIVE JOINTS; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRAIN RATE;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

EID: 77952886504     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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