Micromechanisms of multistage fatigue crack growth in a high-strength aluminum alloy

Acta Materialia

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1975-1984

  Xue, Y ^a   El Kadiri, H ^a   Horstemeyer, M F ^a   Jordon, J B ^a   Weiland, H ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Anisotropic microstructure; Fatigue fractographics; Micromechanism crack propagation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

CRACK INCUBATION; CRACK NUCLEATION MECHANISMS; INTERMETALLIC CONSTITUENT PARTICLES; RAMIFICATION;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 33847257321     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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