Ultrahigh-resolution in situ diffraction characterization of the local mechanics at a growing crack tip in Nitinol

SMST-2006 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 35-42

  Robertson, Scott W ^a   Ritchie, Robert O ^a   Mehta, Apurva ^b   Gong, Xiao Yan ^c   Pelton, Alan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Nitinol Devices & Components Materials Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT TENSIONS; CONTOUR MAPS; CRACK LENGTHS; DAMAGE FRACTURES; EX-SITU; FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE CYCLES; FATIGUE PROPERTIES; GROWING CRACKS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU DIFFRACTIONS; IN-VIVO; LASER CUTS; LOCAL STRAIN FIELDS; LOCAL STRAINS; MATERIAL STRUCTURES; MEDICAL DEVICES; MONOTONIC AND CYCLIC LOADINGS; NITINOL TUBES; PHASE VOLUMES; SIZE AND SHAPES; STRESS INTENSITIES; SYNCHROTRON X-RAYS; THRESHOLD CONDITIONS; WIDTH RATIOS;

DIFFRACTION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE TESTING; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; MECHANICS; STRAIN; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CRACK TIPS;

EID: 63149187289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.136/cp2006smst035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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