A model for the through-thickness fatigue crack closure

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-65

  Chang, T ^a   Guo, W ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complex function method; Constraints; Fatigue crack closure; Finite thickness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRAIN; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

COMPLEX FUNCTION METHOD; FATIGUE CRACK CLOSURE; STRESS CONSTRAINT FACTOR; STRESS RATIO;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0033185145     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(99)00055-7     Document Type: Article

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