Fatigue life improvement in fatigue-aged fastener holes using the cold expansion technique

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 25, Issue 9-11, 2003, Pages 1249-1257

  Zhang, X ^a   Wang, Z ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Beijing Aeronautical Technology Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Cold expansion; Fastener holes; Fatigue crack growth; Fatigue life prediction; Residual stress

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

COLD EXPANSION;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0242410096     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(03)00152-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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