Influence of foreign object damage (FOD) on the fatigue life of simulated Ti-6Al-4V airfoils

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-250

  Ruschau, John J ^a   Nicholas, Theodore ^a   Thompson, Steven R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; IMPACT TESTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE; HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 0035283847     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(00)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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