Crack initiation and propagation under multiaxial fatigue in a natural rubber

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-72

  Saintier, N ^a   Cailletaud, G ^b   Piques, R ^b  

^a ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Crack nucleation; Life prediction; Multiaxial fatigue; Rubber

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTOMERS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INCLUSIONS; RIGIDITY; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACK NUCLEATION; LIFE PREDICTION; MULTIAXIAL FATIGUE; RIGID INCLUSIONS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 27344439250     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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