Predicting fatigue crack growth rate in a welded butt joint: the role of effective R ratio in accounting for residual stress effect

Engineering

• Residual Stress 100%
• Fatigue Crack Growth 100%
• Crack Growth Rate 100%
• Stress-Intensity Factor 66%
• Butt Joint 66%
• Stress Effects 66%
• Crack Growth 66%
• Base Material 33%
• Welds 33%
• Effective Stress Intensity Factor 33%
• Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanic 33%
• Good Agreement 33%
• Virtual Crack-Closure Technique 33%
• Arc Welding Process 33%
• Stress Relaxation 33%
• Constant Amplitude Loads 33%
• Superposition 33%
• Constant Stress 33%
• Calculates 33%
• Stress Field 33%
• Test Coupon 33%
• 2024 Aluminium Alloy 33%
• Finite Element Modeling 33%
• Stress Ratio 33%
• Prediction 33%
• Polarity 33%
• Test Sample 33%