Mechanism of crack path morphology and branching from small fatigue cracks under mixed loading

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 49-60

  Murakami, Yukitaka ^a   Takahashi, K ^b   Toyama, K ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combined torsion and push pull; Crack branching; Factory roof; Fatigue crack path; Fatigue damage; Miner's rule; Mode III fatigue crack growth; Push pull; Threshold stress intensity factor range; Torsion

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE TESTING; ROOFS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

COMBINED TORSION-AND-PUSH-PULL; CRACK BRANCHING; FACTORY ROOF MORPHOLOGY; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; FATIGUE CRACK PATH; FATIGUE DAMAGE; MINER RULE; THRESHOLD STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR RANGE;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 12844285778     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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