Fatigue behaviour of nickel-titanium superelastic wires and endodontic instruments

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 518-523

  Bahia, M G A ^a   Gonzales, B M ^a   Buono, V T L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endodontic instruments; Fatigue; Mechanical behaviour; NiTi wires

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ELASTICITY; FATIGUE TESTING; NICKEL; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRAIN; TENSILE STRESS; TITANIUM; WIRE;

COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR; NICKEL-TITANIUM SUPERELASTIC WIRE; TENSILE STRAIN;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 33745055973     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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