Fatigue and damage in structural materials studied by X-ray tomography

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-103

  Withers, Philip J ^a   Preuss, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damage accumulation; Fatigue crack; Stress corrosion cracking (SCC); X ray computed tomography (CT)

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; FAILURE PARAMETERS; FATIGUE CRACKING; FATIGUE CRACKS; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

FATIGUE DAMAGE; SCANNING; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864202347     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070511-155111     Document Type: Review

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