A new multiparameter approach to the prediction of fatigue crack growth

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 541-555

  Soboyejo, W O ^a   Ni, Y ^a   Li, Y ^a   Soboyejo, A B O ^a   Knott, J F ^b  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth life; Fracture mechanics; Multiparameter models; Prediction

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FORECASTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FATIGUE CRACKS; LIFE PREDICTION;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0032068855     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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