A technical note. Influence of mean stress on fatigue in several aluminium alloys utilizing Kmaxc threshold procedures

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 949-954

  Clark, T R ^a   Herman, W A ^b   Hertzberg, R W ^c   Jaccard, R ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL PAPER   (United States)

^b GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys 6005, 5454, 6082, 7020 and AF42 cast aluminium; Constant Kmax thresholds; Mean stress effects; Threshold stress intensity range

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CASTING; CRACK PROPAGATION; STANDARDS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

CAST ALUMINUM; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; MEAN STRESS EFFECT; TEST STANDARD;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 0030189288     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb01029.x     Document Type: Article

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