Fatigue crack growth under the conjoint action of major and minor stress cycles

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-227

  Hawkyard, M ^a   Powell, B E ^a   Hussey, I ^b   Grabowski, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combined high low cycle fatigue; Fatigue threshold; Life prediction; Major minor cycles; Ti 6A1 4V

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; LOADS (FORCES); STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

COMBINED HIGH LOW CYCLE FATIGUE; FATIGUE THRESHOLD;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0030084470     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb00961.x     Document Type: Article

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