Fatigue crack acceleration effects during tensile underloads in 7010 and 8090 aluminium alloys

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-118

  Zitounis, V ^a   Irving, P E ^b  

^a Stress Solutions   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys; Crack acceleration; Effective stress intensity; Fatigue crack growth; Underloads

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PLASTICITY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CRACK ACCELERATION; EFFECTIVE STRESS INTENSITY; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; UNDERLOADS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33748970041     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.02.048     Document Type: Article

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