Investigation into the location of crack initiation sites in alumina, polycarbonate and mild steel

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 509-517

  Tsuji, K ^b   Iwase, K ^a   Ando, K ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOIN UNIVERSITY OF YOKOHAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CARBON STEEL; CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PLASTICITY; POLYCARBONATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRITICAL PROCESS ZONE; STRESS LOCATION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032655756     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1999.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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