Competing failure modes and complex S-N curves in fatigue of structural materials

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 482-491

  Ravi Chandran, K S ^a   Chang, P ^a   Cashman, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing failures; Defect statistics; Duality; Fatigue map; Poisson statistics; S N curve; Steels; Step in S N curve; Superalloy; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

COMPETING FAILURE; DUALITY; POISSON STATISTIC; POISSON STATISTICS; S-N CURVE; STEP IN S-N CURVE;

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE TESTING; GRAPH THEORY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MONTE CARLO METHODS; NICKEL ALLOYS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; SUPERALLOYS; SURFACES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 70449651961     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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