Thresholds for high-cycle fatigue in a turbine engine Ti-6Al-4V alloy

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 653-662

  Ritchie, R O ^a   Boyce, B L ^a   Campbell, J P ^a   Roder, O ^a   Thompson, A W ^a   Milligan, W W ^b  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFECTS; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE; HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE; LOWER BOUND THRESHOLD;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0032592144     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(99)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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