Fatigue life assessment of nodular cast iron containing casting defects

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-300

  Nadot, Y ^a   Mendez, J ^a   Ranganathan, N ^b   Beranger, A S ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c RENAULT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK CLOSURE;

NODULAR IRON;

EID: 0032633680     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1999.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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