Tension-compression fatigue behavior of a unidirectional titanium-matrix composite at elevated temperature

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-117

  Kraabel, D L ^a,b   Sanders, B P ^a,c   Mall, S ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Arnold Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

^c AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue behavior; Tension compresion cycling; Titanium matrix composite

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TENSILE TESTING; TITANIUM;

FATIGUE LIFE DIAGRAM; MATRIX CRACKING; TENSION COMPRESSION CYCLING; TENSION-TENSION FATIGUE TESTS; TITANIUM MATRIX COMPOSITE;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES, FIBRE-REINFORCED; FATIGUE PROPERTIES; MATRICES, METAL; TENSION;

EID: 0030987270     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(96)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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