Fatigue limit evaluation of notches, small cracks and defects: An engineering approach

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1037-1049

  Livieri, P ^a   Tovo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defect; High cycle fatigue; Notch; Short crack

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DEFECT; HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE; NOTCH SENSITIVITY; SHORT CRACK;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 5744243991     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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