Short fatigue cracks in austempered ductile cast iron (ADI)

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 425-434

  Marrow, T J ^a   Cetinel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CRACKS; DURABILITY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAPHITE;

AUSTEMPERED DUCTILE CAST IRON (ADI); FATIGUE ENDURANCE LIMITS;

CAST IRON;

EID: 0034429175     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2000.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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