Fatigue crack propagation and fracture mechanisms of wrought magnesium alloys in different environments

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1137-1143

  Tokaji, Keiro ^a   Nakajima, Masaki ^b   Uematsu, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environment; Fatigue crack propagation; Fracture mechanism; Frequency; Wrought magnesium alloy

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; CRACK DETECTION; DISSOLUTION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; LABORATORIES; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

ANODIC DISSOLUTIONS; DIFFERENT SLOPES; DISTILLED WATERS; DRY AIRS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FRACTURE MECHANISM; FREQUENCY; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; STRESS INTENSITIES; TWO SECTIONS; WROUGHT MAGNESIUM ALLOY;

CRACK CLOSURE;

EID: 63749120886     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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