A quantitative evaluation of fatigue crack shielding forces using photoelasticity

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4190-4199

  Christopher, C J ^a   James, M N ^a   Patterson, E A ^b   Tee, K F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Crack shielding; Fracture mechanics; Photoelasticity; Plasticity; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CRACK CLOSURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PHOTOELASTICITY; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK SHIELDING; MUSKHELISHVILI APPROACH; PHASE-STEPPING METHOD;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

CRACK CLOSURE; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PHOTOELASTICITY; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 44549088860     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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