Fatigue crack growth from simulated flight cycles involving superimposed vibrations

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Hawkyard, M ^a   Powell, B E ^a   Stephenson, J M ^b   McElhone, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combined high and low cycle fatigue; Crack growth modelling; Fatigue crack growth; Fatigue thresholds; Flight cycle simulation; Ti 6A1 4V

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CYCLIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATE METAL; TITANIUM ALLOYS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CRACK GROWTH RETARDATION; FATIGUE THRESHOLDS; FLIGHT CYCLE SIMULATION; WHEELER EXPONENTS; WHEELER MODEL;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0033227612     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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