Fatigue crack propagation in Ti-6Al-4V subjected to high strain amplitudes

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-308

  Andersson, Michael ^a   Hansson, T ^b   Persson, C ^a   Melin, S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Crack propagation; Fatigue; Strain intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; STRAIN; STRESSES; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

CRACK CLOSURE; STRAIN INTENSITY FACTOR;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 14544299596     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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