Experimental and numerical investigation of crack closure measurements with electrical potential drop technique

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1059-1068

  Andersson, Michael ^a   Persson, Christer ^a   Melin, Solveig ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crack closure; In situ SEM; Potential drop

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRACK CLOSURE; FATIGUE CYCLES; POTENTIAL DROP (PD);

CRACKS;

EID: 33748892241     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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