A fracture-mechanics-based methodology for fatigue life prediction of single crystal nickel-based superalloys

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Ranjan, Srikant ^a   Arakere, Nagaraj K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; MECHANICS; NICKEL ALLOYS; POWDERS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRESSES; SUPERALLOYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D FINITE ELEMENT; ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS; BRAZILIAN DISK; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTIONS; FCC SINGLE CRYSTALS; LIFE-PREDICTION METHODOLOGY; MIXED-MODE LOADING; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; RESOLVED SHEAR STRESS; SINGLE CRYSTAL COMPONENTS; SINGLE-CRYSTAL NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOYS; STRESS INTENSITY;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 53449094144     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2838990     Document Type: Article

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