Experimental Investigation and Numerical Prediction of Fatigue Life in Force Fitted Fastener Holes

Subject Areas : Journal of Simulation and Analysis of Novel Technologies in Mechanical Engineering

Hadi Taghizadeh ¹ , Tagbakhsh Chakherlou ²

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2017-05-31 Accepted : 2018-03-11 Published : 2017-11-01

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