R-curve testing and ITS relevance to structural assessment

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1259-1271

  Schwalbe, K H ^a   Heerens, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjusted testing; Constraint; Crack growth resistance; Micromechanics; Stress triaxiality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003192823     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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