Analyses of fatigue crack growth and closure near threshold conditions for large-crack behavior

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1372, 2000, Pages 227-251

  Newman Jr , J C ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM SHEET; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS; FATIGUE THRESHOLD;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0033907585     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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