Compression pre-cracking to generate near threshold fatigue-crack-growth rates in two aluminum alloys

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 27, Issue 10-12, 2005, Pages 1432-1440

  Newman Jr , James ^a   Schneider, Judy ^a   Daniel, Aaron ^a   McKnight, Dustin ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Fatigue crack growth; Residual stresses; Stress intensity factor; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

THRESHOLDS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 27144434031     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2005.07.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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