A study of crack closure using the optical method of caustics and consequences for the use of ΔΚeff as a fatigue crack driving force

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-302

  Wallhead, I R ^a   Edwards, L ^a   Poole, P ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caustics; Crack tip stress field; Fatigue crack closure; Variable amplitude loading; eff

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0032083657     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(98)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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