Probabilistic modeling of short-crack growth in airframe aluminum alloys

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1105-1111

  Liao, Min ^a,b   Renaud, Guillaume ^a   Bellinger, Nick ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Building M14 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; VISUAL BASIC; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

COMPONENT OBJECT MODELS; FRACTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS MODEL; LIFE DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; SHORT CRACK GROWTH; VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 49349106788     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.31649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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