Residual stress effects on near-threshold fatigue crack growth in friction stir welds in aerospace alloys

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 25, Issue 9-11, 2003, Pages 939-948

  John, R ^a   Jata, K V ^a   Sadananda, K ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Crack growth; Fatigue threshold; Friction stir weld; Heat affected zone; Residual stress; Stress ratio

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRICTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WELDS;

FRICTION STIR WELDING (FSW);

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0242625741     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2003.08.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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