An approach to size effect in fatigue of metals using fractal theories

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 619-627

  Carpinteri, Andrea ^a   Spagnoli, A ^a   Vantadori, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue fracture phenomena; Fractal geometry; Metals; Size effect

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FRACTALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; METALS; MICROCRACKS; SIZE DETERMINATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FATIGUE LIMIT; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; FRACTAL SCALING;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0036641297     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2002.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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