Variable amplitude loading in En8 (080M40) steel: A detailed experimental study of crack growth

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-216

  Ng'ang'a, S P ^a   James, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Medium carbon (En8) steel; Variable amplitude loading

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; LOADS (FORCES); STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK CLOSURE; MEDIUM CARBON STEEL; STEEL 080M40; VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0030081905     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb00960.x     Document Type: Article

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