An elasto-plastic reformulation of the Theory of Critical Distances to estimate lifetime of notched components failing in the low/medium-cycle fatigue regime

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0210021-0210028

  Susmel, Luca ^a   Taylor, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cyclic plasticity; Low medium cycle fatigue; Notch; Theory of Critical Distances

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM COATED STEEL; ELASTOPLASTICITY; LOW CARBON STEEL; WELDS;

CYCLIC PLASTICITY; CYLINDRICAL SPECIMENS; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; NOTCH; NOTCHED COMPONENTS; NUMBER OF CYCLES TO FAILURE; STRESS/STRAIN FIELDS; THEORY OF CRITICAL DISTANCES;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 77955322848     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000667     Document Type: Article

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