Simulation of grain boundary decohesion and crack initiation in aluminum microstructure models

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1417, 2002, Pages 715-728

  Iesulauro, Erin ^a   Ingraffea, Anthony R ^a   Arwade, Sanjay ^a   Wawrzynek, Paul A ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive model; Fatigue crack initiation; Multi scale; Polycrystal; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYCRYSTALS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TENSILE TESTING;

BICRYSTALS; COHESIVE MODEL; COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; DECOHESION;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 0036966919     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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