Indirect technique for determining closure-free fatigue crack growth behavior

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1372, 2000, Pages 109-122

  Smith, Stephen W ^a   Piascik, Robert S ^b  

^a Lockheed Martin Engineering Sciences   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

CRACK CLOSURE; FATIGUE THRESHOLD;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0033899883     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp13429s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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