Interaction and evolution of short fatigue cracks

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 459-467

  Zhao, Y X ^a   Gao, Q ^a   Wang, J N ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE TESTING; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL TESTING; WELDS;

CRACK INTERACTION; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; SHORT FATIGUE CRACKS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032654810     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1999.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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