Role of reinforcement particles during fatigue cracking of a micral-20-reinforced 6061 alloy

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 811-820

  Crawford, B R ^b   Griffiths, J R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; OXIDES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; VOLUME FRACTION;

FATIGUE FRACTURE SURFACE; FATIGUE THRESHOLD; PARIS LAW EXPONENT; REINFORCEMENT PARTICLES; SPHERICAL POLYCRYSTALLINE OXIDE PARTICLES; STRESS RATIO;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0033187896     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1999.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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