A micromechanistic-based approach to fatigue life modeling of titanium-matrix composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 507-521

  Foringer, M A ^a   Robertson, D D ^a   Mall, S ^a  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

A. metal matrix composites (MMCs); B. fatigue; C. thermomechanical; D. damage mechanics

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; HARDENING; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SILICON CARBIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; VISCOPLASTICITY;

BODNER-PARTOM UNIFIED VISCOPLASTIC THEORY; DAMAGE ACCUMULATION MODEL; ISOTHERMAL FATIGUE; THERMOMECHANICAL FATIGUE;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031354045     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1359-8368(96)00083-2     Document Type: Article

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