Crack growth of physically small cracks

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 9-11, 2007, Pages 1658-1667

  Jones, R ^a   Molent, L ^b   Pitt, S ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving force; Fatigue crack growth; Fractals; Frost and Dugdale

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRACK GROWTH MODELS; DRIVING FORCES;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548011263     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.01.031     Document Type: Article

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