Measurement and Interpretation of Fatigue Crack Growth in 7075 Aluminum Alloy Using Acoustic Emission Monitoring

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 567-574

  Gong, Z ^a   DuQuesnay, D L ^a   McBride, S L ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Acoustic Emission Monitoring S   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Crack growth; Fatigue; Fracture mechanics; Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001419622     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte12114j     Document Type: Article

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