An experimental evaluation of fatigue crack growth

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-128

  Barter, S ^a   Molent, L ^a   Goldsmith, N ^a   Jones, Rhys ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aircraft structures; Crack growth; Fatigue crack growth; Joint failures; Load history

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUTT WELDING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BIAXIAL LOADING; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; FUSELAGE LAP JOINTS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

FATIGUE;

EID: 7544232402     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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