Contribution of the cyclic loading portion below the opening load to fatigue crack growth

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-187

  Chen, D L ^a   Weiss, B ^a   Stickler, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy; Crack closure; Effective fatigue threshold; Fatigue; Fatigue crack growth; Fatigue threshold

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRESSES;

CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK TIP; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; FATIGUE THRESHOLD; LOADING CYCLE;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE CRACKS;

EID: 0030122435     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-5093(95)10079-2     Document Type: Article

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