On the development of crack closure at high R levels after an overload

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 993-998

  McEvily, A J ^a   Ishihara, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Fatigue; Fatigue crack growth; Overloads; R value

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CRACK PROPAGATION; PLASTICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACK CLOSURE;

CRACKS;

EID: 0036853321     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2002.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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