The randomness of fatigue crack growth under constant-amplitude loads

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 589-600

  Lapetra, C ^a   Mayo, J ^a   Dominguez, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aluminium Alloy 2024 t351; Random fatigue crack growth; Statistical analysis; Stochastic growth model

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CONSTANT AMPLITUDE LOADS; CUBIC LAW; PARIS-ERDOGAN LAW; STOCHASTIC GROWTH MODEL;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030146158     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb00995.x     Document Type: Article

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