High-magnification moire interferometer for crack tip analysis of steels

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 90-95

  La Porta, F A ^a   Huntley, J M ^b   Chung, T E ^b   Faulkner, R G ^b  

^a SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack tip; Microstructure; Moire interferometry; Strain field

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN RATE;

MOIRE INTERFEROMETERS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

CRACK; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; STEEL; STRAIN;

EID: 0034089721     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02327553     Document Type: Article

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