Crack stop holes in steel bridge decks: Drilling method and effects

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Mixed mode fatigue crack initiation and growth in a CT specimen repaired by stop hole technique

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Stop drilling procedure for fatigue life improvement

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Crack-growth arrest by redirecting crack growth by drilling stop holes and inserting pins into them

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Fatigue Life Extension by Crack Repair Using Stop-hole Technique under Pure Mode-I and Pure mode-II Loading Conditions

M.R. Ayatollahi, Seyed Mohammad Razavi, H.R. Chamani · Procedia Engineering · 2014 · 68 citations · Full text

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