The size of plastic zones and fatigue crack growth behaviour of three forms of a Ti-6Al-2.5Mo-1.5Cr alloy

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 727-739

  Rosenberg, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth; Microstructural effects; Notch sensitivity; Plastic zone; Short fatigue cracks; Threshold stress intensity; Ti 6Al 2.5Mo 1.5Cr alloy

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FATIGUE TESTING; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

NOTCH SENSITIVITY; PLASTIC ZONES; THRESHOLD STRESS INTENSITY;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0031620975     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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