Improved test method for very low fatigue-crack-growth-rate data

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1574-1581

  Ruschau, John J ^a   Newman Jr , James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING STRESS; ASTM STANDARDS; COMPRESSION LOADING; CONSTANT AMPLITUDES; CONSTANT-AMPLITUDE LOADING; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK-GROWTH RATES; EFFECTIVE STRESSES; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RATE; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FATIGUE PRECRACK; FATIGUE-CRACK GROWTH; GROWTH REGIMES; HISTORY EFFECTS; INTENSITY FACTORS; LR-TEST; NEAR-THRESHOLD REGIME; NORTH AMERICA; NOTCHED SPECIMENS; PRE-CRACKING; RATE DATA; REMOTE CLOSURE; SPECIMEN WIDTH; STRESS RATIOS; TEST METHODS; THRESHOLD DATA; TI-6AL-4V;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC REACTORS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; GROWTH RATE; HISTORY; SPEED; STANDARDS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES; TESTING; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

DATA COMPRESSION;

EID: 50049109105     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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