Experimental investigations of fatigue cracks nucleation, growth and coalescence in structural steel

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-147

  Socha, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Crack nucleation; Damage accumulation; Fatigue damage; Stress controlled fatigue testing

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; NUCLEATION; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRAIN;

DAMAGE ACCUMULATION;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 0037290362     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(02)00068-3     Document Type: Article

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