The stress-level effect on fatigue-crack growth under constant-amplitude loading

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 9-11, 2007, Pages 1608-1615

  Newman Jr , J C ^a   Ruschau, J J ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Closure; Crack; Crack propagation; Fatigue; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CONSTANT-AMPLITUDE LOADING; LOAD HISTORIES; MIDDLE-CRACK TENSION M(T);

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548021676     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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