On the mechanism of fatigue crack propagation in ductile metallic materials

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Pippan, R ^a,b   Zelger, C ^b,c   Gach, E ^d   Bichler, C ^a,e   Weinhandl, H ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^c Austria Metall AG   (Austria)

^d Böhler Edelstahl ^*  (Austria)

^e Plansee Metall GmbH U Plansee GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

crack closure; fatigue crack propagation; fatigue mechanisms; long cracks; low cycle fatigue; short cracks

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE MECHANISM; LONG CRACKS; LOW CYCLE FATIGUES; SHORT CRACKS;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; UNLOADING;

CRACK CLOSURE;

EID: 78649963282     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2010.01484.x     Document Type: Article

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