Method of fatigue life estimation for spot-welded structures

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Nakahara, Yuji ^a   Takahashi, Masayuki ^b   Kawamoto, Atsushi ^c   Fujimoto, Masao ^d   Tomioka, Noboru ^e  

^a TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Kanto Auto Works

^c Press Kogyo Co

^d Nakanihon Automotive College

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SPOT WELDING; WELDS;

FATIGUE LIFE ESTIMATION; FATIGUE STRENGTH; MULTIAXIAL LOADS; PRINCIPAL STRESS; STRUCTURAL STRESS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THEORETICAL EQUATION; THEORY OF ELASTICITY;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 85072450773     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-0779     Document Type: Conference Paper

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