Microstructure dependent fatigue crack growth in aged hardened aluminium alloys

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1321-1331

  Borrego, L P ^a   Costa, J M ^b   Silva, S ^b   Ferreira, J M ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys; Crack closure; Fatigue crack growth; Microstructure; Overloads; Retardation

Indexed keywords

AGE HARDENING; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HEAT TREATMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CRACK CLOSURE; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; OVERLOADS; RETARDATION;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 6344287244     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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