On the mechanisms of fatigue facet nucleation in titanium alloys

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 949-958

  Dunne, F P E ^a   Rugg, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal plasticity; Faceting; Fatigue; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE TESTING; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NUCLEATION; PLASTICITY; PLASTICITY TESTING; TITANIUM;

CLEAVAGE FAILURES; CRYSTAL MODELS; CRYSTAL PLASTICITY; CRYSTAL PLASTICITY MODELS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; DAMAGING EFFECTS; DWELL FATIGUE TESTS; DWELL FATIGUES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; FACETING; FATIGUE; LOADING CYCLES; MODEL PREDICTIONS;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 57049112760     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2008.01284.x     Document Type: Article

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