A probabilistic treatment of microstructural effects on fatigue crack growth of large cracks

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 379-386

  Chan, K S ^a   Torng, T Y ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Rockwell International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY THEORY; STEEL; STRUCTURAL METALS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; YIELD STRESS;

DISLOCATION BARRIER SPACING; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH LAW; FATIGUE DUCTILITY COEFFICIENT; MICROSTRUCTURAL EFFECTS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030195156     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2806824     Document Type: Article

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