Evaluation of fatigue crack thresholds using various experimental methods

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Forth, S C ^a   Newman Jr , J C ^b   Forman, R G ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Fatigue; Plasticity induced crack closure; Test methods; Threshold

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

AEROSPACE ALLOY; PLASTICITY INDUCED CRACK CLOSURE; TEST METHODS; THRESHOLD;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 30644466966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jai12847     Document Type: Article

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