Palm nut cracking under repeated impact load

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2471-2475

  Koya, Olufemi Adebola ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cracking; Fatigue; Fracture; Impact; Palm nut

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; IMPACT; LOAD CYCLE; PALM NUT; PALM NUT CRACKING; REPEATED IMPACT; REPEATED IMPACT LOAD;

CRACK INITIATION; DEFORMATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; KINETICS; STIFFNESS;

CRACKS;

EID: 33751364289     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.2471.2475     Document Type: Article

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