Effect of specimen thickness on fatigue crack growth rate

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 197-203

  Park, Heung Bae ^a   Lee, Byong Whi ^b  

^a Korea Power Engineering Company   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NICKEL ALLOYS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL TESTING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

NICKEL ALLOY INCONEL 718; STAINLESS STEEL 304;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 0033897118     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00253-8     Document Type: Article

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