On generating fatigue crack growth thresholds

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-15

  Forth, Scott C ^a   Newman Jr , James C ^b   Forman, Royce G ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Crack growth; Fatigue; Test methods; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; FATIGUE TESTING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK CLOSURES;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0037208446     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(02)00066-X     Document Type: Article

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