Effects of microstructure on the short fatigue crack initiation and propagation characteristics of biomedical αlβ titanium alloys

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1949-1958

  Akahori, Toshikazu ^a   Niinomi, Mitsuo ^a   Fukunaga, Kei Ichi ^b   Inagaki, Ikuhiro ^c  

^a Research Associate   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

TITANIUM ALUMINUM NIOBIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALUMINUM VANADIUM ALLOYS;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0034247960     PISSN: 10735623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11661-000-0222-z     Document Type: Article

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