The effect of notch plasticity on the behaviour of fatigue cracks emanating from edge-notches in high-strength β-titanium alloys

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-187

  Benedetti, M ^a   Fontanari, V ^a   Lutjering G ^b   Albrecht, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

titanium alloy; Crack closure; Notch plasticity; Small fatigue crack

Indexed keywords

CRACK CLOSURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROCRACKS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TITANIUM ALLOYS; YIELD STRESS;

EXTENSOMETRIC TECHNIQUE; NOTCH PLASTICITY;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

CRACK CLOSURE; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROCRACKS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TITANIUM ALLOYS; YIELD STRESS;

EID: 36048961471     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.03.037     Document Type: Article

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