Relationship between closure stress of small fatigue crack and ultrasonic response

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 37-47

  Akanda, M A Salam ^a   Saka, M ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack closing stress; Small closed crack; Stress intensity factors; Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SHEAR WAVES; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

CRACK CLOSING STRESS; SMALL CLOSED CRACK; ULTRASONIC NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; ULTRASONIC SHEAR WAVES;

ULTRASONIC TESTING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

BACK-WALL CRACKS; CRACK CLOSING STRESS; SMALL CLOSED CRACK; ULTRASONIC NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION;

EID: 6344265108     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:jone.0000045219.59685.ef     Document Type: Article

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