Influence of pitting on the fatigue life of a turbine blade steel

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1083-1093

  Zhou, S ^a   Turnbull, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION FATIGUE; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PITTING; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

THRESHOLD STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 0033340446     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1999.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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