Numerical simulations of fatigue crack initiation and propagation based on re-tensile plastic zone generating load criterion for in-plane gusset welded joints

Engineering

• Tensiles 100%
• Plastic Zone 83%
• Fatigue Crack 66%
• Computer Simulation 50%
• Welds 50%
• Fatigue Crack Propagation 33%
• Effective Stress Intensity Factor 33%
• Experimental Result 16%
• Steel Structure 16%
• Fatigue Strength 16%
• Accidents 16%
• Assuming 16%
• Simulation Code 16%
• S-N Curve 16%
• Crack Growth Behavior 16%
• Driving Force 16%
• Misalignment 16%
• Plastic Strain 16%
• Growth Parameter 16%
• Plane Direction 16%
• Growth Curve 16%

Physics

• Fatigue Crack Growth 100%
• Plane 50%
• Estimates 33%
• Fatigue Life 33%
• Crack Initiation 33%
• Behavior 16%
• Accumulations 16%
• Parameter 16%
• Safety 16%
• Misalignment 16%