Crack closure under high load-ratio conditions for Inconel-718 near threshold behavior

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-220

  Yamada, Y ^a   Newman Jr , J C ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression precracking; Crack closure; Fatigue crack growth; Kmax effect; Load ratio; Threshold

Indexed keywords

CRACK TIPS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; DEBRIS; DURABILITY; GAGES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); TESTING; THEOREM PROVING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

COMPRESSION PRECRACKING; FATIGUE-CRACK GROWTH; KMAX EFFECT; LOAD RATIO; THRESHOLD;

CRACK CLOSURE;

EID: 58049126320     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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