Residual stress and microstructure effects on fatigue crack growth in AA2050 friction stir welds

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-472

  Pouget, G ^a   Reynolds, A P ^a  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Fatigue crack propagation; Friction stir welding; Microstructure; Residual stress

Indexed keywords

CRACK CLOSURE; FATIGUE TESTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; RESIDUAL STRESSES; TENSILE STRESS; WELDS;

CLOSURE MECHANISMS; FRICTION STIR WELDINGS; RECRYSTALLIZED NUGGETS; WELD NUGGETS;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 36549081873     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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