The use of notch and short crack approaches to fretting fatigue threshold prediction: Theory and experimental validation

Tribology International

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1158-1165

  Dini, Daniele ^a   Nowell, David ^a   Dyson, Igor N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flat and rounded contacts; Fretting fatigue; Notch fatigue; Short crack arrest; Stress gradient

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRETTING CORROSION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FLAT AND ROUNDED CONTACTS; FRETTING FATIGUE; NOTCH FATIGUE; SHORT CRACK ARREST; STRESS GRADIENTS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 33746636018     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2006.02.033     Document Type: Article

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