Low ΔK faceted crack growth in titanium alloys

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 989-994

  Pilchak, A L ^a   Bhattacharjee, A ^a   Rosenberger, A H ^b   Williams, J C ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Faceted growth; Overloads; Titanium alloys

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); METALLIC COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TERMINOLOGY; TITANIUM;

CRACK GROWTH; CYCLIC LOADINGS; DESCRIPTOR; FACETED GROWTH; FATIGUE FRACTURES; MULTIPLE LOADS; OVERLOADS; SPECTRUM FATIGUES;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 59849112368     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2008.03.036     Document Type: Article

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