Multiple fatigue crack initiation, coalescence and growth in blunt notched specimens

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-359

  Wu, Z ^a   Sun, X ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crack coalescence; Crack initiation; Crack propagation; Fatigue short cracks; Notched specimens

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

CRACK COALESCENCE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

COALESCENCE; CRACK; FATIGUE;

EID: 0032006427     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(97)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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