The impact of microstructural interactions, closure, and temperature on crack propagation based lifing criteria

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1292, Issue , 1996, Pages 202-219

  Evans, W John ^a   Nicholas, Philip J ^a   Spence, Stuart H ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closure measurement; Crack shapes; Damage tolerance; Database lifing; Life predictions; Microstructural interactions; Notch root closure; Small crack growth

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOMETRY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASTICITY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE PROPERTIES; THERMAL EFFECTS; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

CLOSURE MEASUREMENT; CRACK SHAPES; DATABASE LIFING; NOTCH ROOT CLOSURE; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 6044231901     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16139s     Document Type: Article

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