Fatigue crack growth of filled rubber under constant and variable amplitude loading conditions

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 640-652

  Harbour, Ryan J ^a   Fatemi, Ali ^a   Mars, Will V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Materials Science and Tire Mechanics   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack growth rate; Fatigue; Rubber; Variable amplitude

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRACK GROWTH RATE; LINEAR DAMAGE RULE; SERVICE CONDITIONS; VARIABLE AMPLITUDE;

RUBBER;

EID: 34250763602     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2007.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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