Microstructure-sensitive estimation of small fatigue crack growth in bridge steel welds

Mathematics

• Fatigue Crack Growth 100%
• Fatigue 80%
• Steel 70%
• Microstructure 67%
• Slip 46%
• Crack 38%
• Crystal Plasticity 33%
• Heat Affected Zone 21%
• Crack Growth Rate 17%
• Fatigue Life 15%
• Process Simulation 14%
• Crack Growth 14%
• Welding 13%
• Irreversibility 13%
• Constitutive Model 13%
• Rate Equations 13%
• Finite Element Model 12%
• Metals 11%
• Calibration 10%
• Free Surface 10%
• Fusion 10%
• Resistance 10%
• Quantify 10%
• Mean Value 9%
• Attribute 9%
• Numerical Simulation 7%
• Cycle 6%
• Path 6%
• Model 6%
• Simulation 6%
• Estimate 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Steel bridges 71%
• Fatigue crack propagation 60%
• Welds 47%
• Fatigue of materials 40%
• Microstructure 39%
• Cracks 22%
• Crystals 16%
• Plasticity 15%
• Crack propagation 14%
• Subroutines 9%
• Heat affected zone 9%
• ABAQUS 8%
• Constitutive models 8%
• Welding 6%
• Fusion reactions 6%
• Calibration 6%
• Metals 5%
• Computer simulation 4%

Chemical Compounds

• Slip Band 80%
• Indicator 52%
• Simulation 28%
• Volume 17%
• Heat 10%
• Microstructure 9%
• Resistance 9%
• Length 8%
• Metal 6%
• Surface 4%