Predicting fracture and fatigue crack growth properties using tensile properties

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2144-2155

  Farahmand, Bahram ^a   Nikbin, Kamran ^b  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth; Fracture toughness; Griffith theory; Stress strain curve; Tensile elongation; Uniaxial; Virtual testing

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; ELONGATION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL TESTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRESSES; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

GRIFFITH THEORY; TENSILE DUCTILITY; TENSILE ELONGATION; VIRTUAL TESTING;

POTASSIUM ALLOYS;

DUCTILITY; ELONGATION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL TESTING; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRESSES; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

EID: 39149130744     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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