Microcrack propagation and microstructural parameters of fatigue damage

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1107-1115

  Beretta, S ^a   Clerici, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack density; Scatter of fatigue damage; Surface microcracks; Total crack length

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; CRACK PROPAGATION; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROCRACKS;

DAMAGE DETECTION METHODS; FATIGUE CRACK DENSITY; FATIGUE DAMAGE; TOTAL CRACK LENGTH;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0030233634     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb01045.x     Document Type: Article

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