Short fatigue crack growth behaviour in Al 5083 alloy

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-168

  Costa, J D ^a   Branco, C M ^b   Radon, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al 5083 aluminium alloy; Crack closure; Short fatigue cracks

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE TESTING;

COMPACT TENSION (CT); CRACK CLOSURE; SHORT FATIGUE GROWTH;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0031073386     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(96)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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