Effect of microtexture on fatigue cracking in Ti-6Al-4V

Acta Materialia

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5655-5665

  Bantounas, Ioannis ^a   Lindley, Trevor C ^a   Rugg, David ^b   Dye, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD); Fatigue; Texture; Titanium alloys; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

CRACK TIPS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CYCLE FATIGUE; ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION; FATIGUE CRACKING; MICROTEXTURE EFFECTS;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 34548110283     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2007.06.034     Document Type: Article

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