Evolution of short fatigue crack lengths and crack density: Two approaches

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 929-941

  Zhao, Yong Xiang ^a   Gao, Q ^a   Wang, J N ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STAINLESS STEEL; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

CRACK DENSITY;

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 0034430348     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2000.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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