An experimental investigation of the growth of small corner fatigue cracks in aluminium 6061-T651

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 403-409

  Carlson, R L ^a   Steadman, D L ^a   Dancila, D S ^a   Kardomateas, G A ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

6061 T651 aluminium alloy; Grain size effects; Small fatigue cracks; Student's t test

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE TESTING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

STUDENT'S T TEST;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032047948     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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