%0 journal article %@ 1757-9864 %A Schnubel, D., Horstmann, M., Huber, N. %D 2013 %J International Journal of Structural Integrity %N 4 %P 429-445 %R doi:10.1108/IJSI-08-2012-0020 %T Retardation of fatigue crack growth in aircraft aluminium alloys via laser heating – Simulation based design optimisation %U https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSI-08-2012-0020 4 %X Originality/value – The used methodology of coupling of welding simulation with subsequent fracture mechanics analysis in order to optimise the FCG behaviour of structures is innovative and only very few published studies addressed parts of similar approaches.