Fatigue crack propagation under complex loading in arbitrary 2D geometries

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1411, 2002, Pages 120-145

  Miranda, Antonio C O ^a   Meggiolaro, Marco A ^a   Castro, Jaime T P ^a   Martha, Luiz F ^a   Bittencourt, Tulio N ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arbitrary loading; Fatigue crack propagation; Finite elements

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOADING; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

ARBITRARY LOADING; COMPLEX LOADING; CRACK RETARDATION; SOFTWARE PROGRAMS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 8844280851     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp10608s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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