Crack closure in small fatigue cracks - A comparison of finite element predictions with in-situ scanning electron microscope measurements

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1279-1293

  Zhang, J Z ^a   Halliday, M D ^a   Poole, P ^b   Bowen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Finite element modelling; In situ SEM loading; Small fatigue crack

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM ALLOY 2024 T351; SEMICIRCULAR CRACKS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030681459     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1997.tb01487.x     Document Type: Review

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