Compression precracking methods to generate near-threshold fatigue-crack-growth-rate data

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 879-885

  Newman Jr , J C ^a   Yamada, Y ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Fatigue crack growth; Fretting debris; Plasticity; Roughness; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; CRACK GROWTH RATES; CRACK SURFACES; FATIGUE-CRACK-GROWTH; HIGH-STRENGTH; INCONEL-718; NICKEL- BASED SUPERALLOYS; PRE-CRACKING; ROUGH CRACKS; STRESS RATIO; SURFACE PROFILES; TEST METHOD; TI-6AL-4V;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACKS; DEBRIS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HIGH STRENGTH ALLOYS; HIGH STRENGTH STEEL; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NICKEL ALLOYS; PLASTICITY; TITANIUM;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 76949085750     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2009.02.030     Document Type: Article

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