Fatigue crack initiation and propagation under cyclic contact loading

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1320-1335

  Fajdiga, G ^a   Sraml, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Contact fatigue; Crack initiation; Crack propagation; Fracture mechanics; Gear pitting; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

COFFIN-MANSON; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; CONTACT FATIGUE; CONTACT SURFACES; CRACK LENGTHS; CRITICAL LENGTHS; CYCLIC CONTACTS; CYCLIC LOADING CONDITIONS; ELASTIC MATERIALS; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTHS; FATIGUE CRACK INITIATIONS; FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE PROCESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD ANALYSIS; GEAR PITTING; LOADING CYCLES; MATERIAL FATIGUES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SHORT CRACKS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR K; SURFACE FATIGUES; VIRTUAL CRACK EXTENSIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK DETECTION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); ELASTICITY; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; GEAR TEETH; PITTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; SURFACES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 67349272357     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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