Fatigue threshold behavior of α-phase copper alloys in desiccated air: Modulus effects

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 641-649

  Ahmed, Tawfik M ^a   Tromans, Desmond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

70 30 Brass; 70 30 Copper nickel; 90 7 Aluminum bronze; Fatigue threshold; Stacking fault energy (SFE); Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CORRELATION METHODS; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES); MATERIALS TESTING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FATIGUE THRESHOLD; STACKING FAULT ENERGY (SFE);

COPPER ALLOYS;

EID: 1542715256     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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