Environment effects and surface roughness on fatigue crack growth at negative R-ratios

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 9-11, 2007, Pages 1971-1977

  Fonte, M ^a   Romeiro, F ^b   Freitas, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Environment; Fatigue crack growth rate; Negative R ratio; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

CRACK CLOSURE; LOAD TESTING; MATERIALS SCIENCE; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CRACK ROUGHNESS; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RATE; NEGATIVE R-RATIO; STRESS RATIOS;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548039731     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.02.027     Document Type: Article

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