A model to predict the fatigue life of fibre-reinforced titanium matrix composites under constant amplitude loading

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 539-550

  De Los Rios, E R ^a   Rodopoulos, C A ^a   Yates, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth modelling; Fibre bridging; Fibre failure; Fibre matrix debonding; Metal matrix composites

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED METALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESSES; TITANIUM ALLOYS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FIBER BRIDGING; FIBER MATRIX DEBONDING; PLASTIC ZONE; SHEAR LAG MODEL;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0030146333     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb00990.x     Document Type: Article

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