The influence of mean stress on fatigue crack propagation in aluminium alloys

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1393-1401

  Mann, T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Fatigue; Mean stress; Stress ratio

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DATA REDUCTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MEAN STRESSES; STRESS DEPENDENCE; STRESS EQUATIONS; STRESS RATIO;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 33947690780     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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