Fatigue crack propagation assessment based on residual stresses obtained through cut-compliance technique

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 214-222

  Ghidini, T ^a,c   Donne, Claudio Dalle ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^c AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Cut compliance; Fatigue crack propagation; Friction stir welding; Incremental slitting; Residual stresses

Indexed keywords

CRACK CLOSURE; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CUT-COMPLIANCE TECHNIQUE; FRICTION STIR WELDING; INCREMENTAL SLITTING;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 33947248602     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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