Fatigue crack growth damage in elastomeric materials

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1296, Issue , 1997, Pages 505-513

  Bathias, Claude ^a   LeGorju, Karime ^a   Lu, Churning ^a   Menabeuf, Luc ^b  

^a Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^b Hutchinson Research Center ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Environment; Fatigue crack growth; Fractography; Fracture mechanisms; Load ratio; Natural rubber; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXYGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GRIFFITH'S CRITERION;

RUBBER;

EID: 0031120869     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16251s     Document Type: Article

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