Crack closure effect on crack growth rate at 650°C in double notched specimens of a nickel base superalloy

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1117-1128

  Pommier, S ^a   Prioul, C ^a   Lautridou, J C ^b   Bompard, P ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b SNECMA   (France)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Creep fatigue; Nickel based superalloy; Notch; Viscoplasticity

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP TESTING; DEFORMATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SUPERALLOYS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOPLASTICITY;

CRACK CLOSURE EFFECT; CRACK CLOSURE STRESS LEVEL; CRACK GROWTH RATE; DOUBLE NOTCH SPECIMENS; NICKEL BASE SUPERALLOY;

NICKEL ALLOYS;

EID: 0030233496     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb01046.x     Document Type: Article

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