Crack closure: A concept of fatigue crack growth under examination

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1529-1540

  Riemelmoser, F O ^a   Pippan, R ^a  

^a Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asperity induced crack closure; Mode I fatigue cracks; Plasticity induced crack closure

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PLASTICITY;

ASPERITY INDUCED CRACK CLOSURE; PLASTICITY INDUCED CRACK CLOSURE;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031334031     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1997.tb01508.x     Document Type: Article

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