Fatigue testing of diamond-shaped specimens

Medical Device Materials - Proceedings of the Materials and Processes for Medical Devices Conference 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 199-204

  Pelton, Alan R ^a   Gong, Xiao Yan ^a   Duerig, Tom ^a  

^a Nitinol Devices & Components Materials Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND-SHAPED SPECIMENS; MICROPLASTICITY; NITINOL MEDICAL DEVICES; STRESS LIFE APPROACH;

AUSTENITE; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROLYTIC POLISHING; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MARTENSITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL; STRAIN;

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EID: 2642547524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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