Influence of inclusion size on fatigue behavior of high strength steels in the gigacycle fatigue regime

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 765-771

  Zhang, J M ^a   Li, S X ^a   Yang, Z G ^a   Li, G Y ^a   Hui, W J ^b   Weng, Y Q ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b CENTRAL IRON AND STEEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Gigacycle fatigue; High strength steel; Inclusion size; S N curve

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

GIGACYCLE FATIGUE; HIGH STRENGTH STEEL; INCLUSION SIZE; S-N CURVE;

STEEL;

EID: 33845599995     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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