Mean stress effects on the high cycle fatigue limit stress in Ti-6Al-4V

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1417, 2002, Pages 476-492

  Nicholas, Theodore ^a   Maxwell, David C ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Goodman diagram; Haigh diagram; High cycle fatigue; Mean stress; Stress ratio; Ti 6Al 4V

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; YIELD STRESS;

HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE; LIMIT STRESS; MEAN STRESS;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0036967715     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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