Small-crack growth and fatigue life predictions for high-strength aluminum alloys. Part II: Crack closure and fatigue analyses

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-72

  Newman, J C ^a   Wu, X R ^c   Swain, M H ^b   Zhao, W ^c   Phillips, E P ^a   Ding, C F ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL MATERIALS   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE TESTING;

SPECTRUM LOADING; WEIGHT FUNCTION METHODS;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 0034427556     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2000.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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