Effect of stress ratio and test methods on fatigue crack growth rate for nickel based superalloy Udimet720

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 507-513

  Zheng, J ^a   Powell, B E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL ALLOYS; TENSILE STRESS;

STRESS RATIO; WALKER EQUATION;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0345103203     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(99)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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