Application of ultrasound for fatigue testing of lightweight alloys

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 591-599

  Mayer, H R ^a   Lipowsky, Hj ^a,b   Papakyriacou, M ^a   Rosch R ^a,b   Stich, A ^a,b   Stanzl Tschegg, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b AUDI AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DURABILITY; FORGING; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; SALINE WATER; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

CAST LIGHTWEIGHT ALLOYS; ENDURANCE LIMIT; HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUE;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 0032664907     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1999.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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