Shear mode threshold for a small fatigue crack in a bearing steel

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-82

  Matsunaga, H ^a   Shomura, N ^a   Muramoto, S ^a   Endo, M ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

KIIIth; KIIth; bearing steel; shear mode fatigue cracks; small cracks; torsional fatigue test

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; AXIAL-COMPRESSIVE STRESS; BEARING STEELS; CONSTANT STRESS; CRACK FACES; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK SIZES; CYCLIC SHEAR; CYLINDRICAL SPECIMENS; FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR; FATIGUE CRACKS; FULLY REVERSED; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; NON-PROPAGATING CRACK; NOTCHED SPECIMENS; SEMI-ELLIPTICAL SURFACE CRACKS; SHEAR MODES; SMALL CRACK; SMALL FATIGUE CRACKS; STRESS AMPLITUDES; THRESHOLD STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR RANGE; TORSIONAL FATIGUE;

CRACK TIPS; DEBRIS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; SURFACE DEFECTS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL);

EID: 78649957246     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2010.01495.x     Document Type: Article

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