Effect of stress and geometry on fatigue crack growth perpendicular to fibers in Ti-6Al-4V reinforced with unidirectional SiC fibers

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1330, Issue , 1998, Pages 122-144

  John, Reji ^a,b   Jira, Jay R ^a   Larsen, James M ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridging stress intensity factor; Center crack; Crack growth rate; Crack opening displacement; Cyclic loading; Fatigue crack growth; Fiber bridging; Life prediction; Metal matrix composite; Shear lag model; Titanium matrix composite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348016803     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp13269s     Document Type: Article

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