Fatigue life prediction based on crack propagation and acoustic emission count rates

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 679-694

  Roberts, T M ^a   Talebzadeh, M ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Crack propagation; Fatigue; Fatigue life prediction

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

COMPACT TENSIONS;

STEEL CONSTRUCTION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE CRACK;

EID: 0037409163     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-974X(02)00065-2     Document Type: Article

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