Applicability of the ASTM compliance offset method to determine crack closure levels for structural steel

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1434-1451

  Skorupa, Małgorzata ^a   Machniewicz, Tomasz ^a   Skorupa, Andrzej ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Crack closure stress measurement; Crack retardation; Fatigue crack growth; Steel; Test methods

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STANDARDIZATION; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRAIN GAGES;

CRACK CLOSURE STRESS MEASUREMENTS; CRACK RETARDATION; OPTIMAL STRAIN GAUGES; TEST METHODS;

CRACK CLOSURE;

EID: 33947674786     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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