Variable amplitude loading of small fatigue cracks in 6261-t6 aluminium alloy

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 413-426

  James, M N ^a   De Los Rios, E R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6261 T6 aluminium alloy; Crack growth modelling; Small fatigue cracks; Variable amplitude loading

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FRICTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESSES;

APPLIED STRESS; CRACK GROWTH MODELLING; CRACK TIP PLASTIC DISPLACEMENT; FRICTION STRESSES; NAVARRO DE LOS RIOS MODEL; POISSONS RATIO; SHEAR MODULUS; SMALL FATIGUE CRACKS; VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0030127953     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb00978.x     Document Type: Article

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