New testing procedure to determine da/dN-ΔK curves at different, constant R-values using one single specimen

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1220-1228

  Tesch, A ^a   Pippan, R ^b   Doker H ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys; Fatigue crack growth; Kmax tests; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; STANDARDS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AUTONOMOUS CRACK LENGTHS; CRACK GROWTH RATES; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH CURVES; THRESHOLD VALUES;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 33947430633     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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