Fatigue crack growth threshold conditions at notches. Part I: Theory

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-121

  Vallellano, C ^a   Navarro, A ^a   Dominguez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

NONPROPAGATING CRACKS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0034427322     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2000.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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