A statistical model for fatigue crack growth under random loads including retardation effects

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 62, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 351-369

  Dominguez, Jaime ^a   Zapatero, José ^b   Moreno, Belén ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Fatigue crack growth; Random loading; Statistical model; Test fatigue

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

RANDOM LOADING; RETARDATION EFFECTS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0032650961     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(98)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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