Numerical study on fatigue crack growth at a web-stiffener of ship structural details by an objected-oriented approach in conjunction with ABAQUS

Marine Structures

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-69

  He, Wentao ^a   Liu, Jingxi ^a   Xie, De ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth; FCG System; Marine structures; Object oriented programming; Virtual crack closure technique

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH ANALYSIS; FATIGUE CRACK PATHS; FCG-SYSTEM; IN-SERVICE INSPECTION; STABILITY AND CONVERGENCE; STRUCTURAL DETAILS; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE TECHNIQUE;

ABAQUS; CRACK DETECTION; CRACK TIPS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OCEAN STRUCTURES; SHIPS;

CRACKS;

CRACK; FATIGUE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOFTWARE; VESSEL;

EID: 84891416980     PISSN: 09518339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marstruc.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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