The effects of environment and internal oxygen on fatigue crack propagation in Ti-6Al-4V

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 234-236, Issue , 1997, Pages 918-922

  Bache, M R ^a   Evans, W J ^a   McElhone, M ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Fatigue crack growth; Internal oxygen; Titanium 6 4

Indexed keywords

ARGON; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; OXYGEN; PLATE METAL;

INTERNAL OXYGEN;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FATIGUE CRACK; TITANIUM ALLOY;

EID: 0031205768     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-5093(97)00402-4     Document Type: Article

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