The effects of load sequencing on the fatigue life of 2024-T3 aluminum alloy

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.1, 1997, Pages

  Everett Jr , Richard A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Fatigue life prediction; Spectrum tests

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; LOADS (FORCES); STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION; LINEAR CUMULATIVE DAMAGE ANALYSIS; LOAD SEQUENCING; MINER RULE; SPECTRUM TEST;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0031343459     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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