A look at fatigue in resistance spot welds-notch or crack?

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Sheppard, Sheri D ^a   Pan, Ning ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; SPOT WELDING;

DESCRIPTORS; FATIGUE RESPONSE; IMPORTANT FEATURES; PHYSICAL EVIDENCE; RESISTANCE SPOT WELD; SPOT-WELDED JOINTS; STRUCTURAL STRESS;

WELDS;

EID: 85072459773     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-0433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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