Numerical simulation of micro-crack initiation of martensitic steel under fatigue loading

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 963-971

  Brückner Foit, Angelika ^a   Huang, Xinyue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crack initiation; Fatigue life; Microstructure; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MARTENSITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; STEEL;

FATIGUE LOADING; MARTENSITIC STEEL; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); TANAKA-MURA MODEL;

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 33646933818     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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