Growth of naturally initiated fatigue cracks in ferritic gas turbine rotor steels

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 715-726

  Härkegård, Gunnar ^a   Denk, Josef ^b   Stärk, Klaus ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ALSTOM SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth; Fatigue limit; Low cycle fatigue; Potential drop; Short cracks; Threshold stress intensity range

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRAPOLATION; GAS TURBINES; ROTORS; STEEL;

FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; FATIGUE LIMIT; LOW-CYCLE FATIGUE; POTENTIAL DROP; SHORT CRACKS; THRESHOLD STRESS INTENSITY RANGE;

CRACKS;

EID: 14544281100     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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