Experimental and analytical estimates of fatigue crack closure in an aluminium-copper alloy part I: Laser interferometry and electron fractography

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 951-961

  Ashbaugh, N E ^a   Dattaguru, B ^b   Khobaib, M ^a   Nicholas, T ^c   Prakash, R V ^d   Ramamurthy, T S ^b   Seshadri, B R ^b   Sunder, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^d SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

^e BiSS Research   (India)

Author keywords

2014 T651 aluminium alloy; Crack opening stress; Laser interferometry; Striation fractography

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACK OPENING STRESS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; STRIATION FRACTOGRAPHY;

ALUMINUM COPPER ALLOYS;

EID: 0030721070     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1997.tb01539.x     Document Type: Article

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