Experimental and numerical investigation of thickness effects in plasticity-induced fatigue crack closure

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 31, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1795-1804

  de Matos, P F P ^a,b   Nowell, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Superior de Entre Douro e Vouga   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Digital Image Correlation; Plane strain; Plane stress; Surface effects; Thickness

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION; PLANE STRAIN; PLANE STRESS; SURFACE EFFECTS; THICKNESS;

CORRELATION METHODS; CRACK DETECTION; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; GAGES; PLASTICITY; PLASTICITY TESTING; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CRACK CLOSURE;

EID: 68949173599     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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