Corrosion fatigue fracture behaviour of a SiC whisker-aluminium matrix composite under combined tension-torsion loading

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1435-1446

  Minoshima, K ^a   Nagashima, I ^b   Komai, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Funuc Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combined stress; Composite material; Environmental effect; Fatigue; Metal matrix composite; Tension torsion loading

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CORROSION FATIGUE; CRACK INITIATION; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; PITTING; SILICON CARBIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE TESTING;

ALUMINUM ALLOY A6061; FATIGUE FRACTURE; WHISKER REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032268993     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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