Modelling of fatigue thresholds for small cracks in a mild steel by "Strip-Yield" model

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1548-1561

  Beretta, S ^a   Carboni, M ^a   Madia, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

A1N steel; Constraint factor; Cyclic plasticity; Railway axles; Small cracks; Strip Yield model; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

A1N STEEL; CONSTRAINT FACTOR; CYCLIC PLASTICITY; RAILWAY AXLES; SMALL CRACKS; STRIP-YIELD MODEL; THRESHOLDS;

AXLES; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE; PLASTICITY; RAILROADS; STEEL; WHEELS;

CRACKS;

EID: 67349237451     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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