Fatigue fracture of the Björk-Shiley heart valve strut and failure diagnosis from acoustic signatures

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-81

  Chondros, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bj rk Shiley heart valve; Outlet strut leg fatigue crack propagation; Strut failure diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE; FAILURE DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE FRACTURE; HEART VALVES; OUTLET STRUT-LEG FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; REPEATED LOADING;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STRUTS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

CRACKS;

EID: 78649702529     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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