Fracture mechanics and notch sensitivity

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-267

  Atzori, B ^a   Lazzarin, P ^a   Meneghetti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crack; Defect sensitivity; Fatigue limit; Notch; Notch sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

NOTCH SENSITIVITY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0037373046     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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