Sensing crack nucleation and growth in hard alpha defects embedded in Ti-6Al-4V alloy

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1323, 2001, Pages 15-35

  McKeighan, P C ^a   Nicholls, A E ^a   Perocchi, L C ^b   McClung, R C ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Damage; Fatigue; Hard alpha defect; Mechanical testing; Potential drop

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; NITROGEN; NUCLEATION; ROTORS;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL DROP; FATIGUE LOADING; HARD ALPHA DEFECT; STATIC LOADING;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0039783593     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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