Observations of fatigue crack initiation in 7075-T651

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-255

  Payne, Joel ^a   Welsh, Greg ^a   Christ Jr , Robert J ^b   Nardiello, Jerrell ^a   Papazian, John M ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

7075 T651; Aluminum alloy 7075; Crack initiation; Fatigue; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

7075-T651; ATTACK AIRCRAFT; COMMERCIAL ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER MODELS; CRACK INITIATION SITES; DIRECT OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FASTENER HOLES; FATIGUE; FATIGUE CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE CYCLING; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FATIGUE LOADS; FATIGUE PROCESS; INITIAL STAGES; LOADING PARAMETERS; LOCAL PLASTICITY; MATRIX; MATRIX CRACK; PARTICLE DEBONDING; PARTICLE-CRACKING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SI-PARTICLE; SURROUNDING MATRIX;

AIRCRAFT; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON ALLOYS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

CRACKS;

EID: 70350571675     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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