Evolution of crack-bridging and crack-tip driving force during the growth of a fatigue crack in a Ti/SiC composite

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 468, Issue 2145, 2012, Pages 2722-2743

  Withers, Philip J ^a   Lopez Crespo, Pablo ^b   Kyrieleis, Albrecht ^a   Hung, Yu Chen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Closure; Crack tip microscopy; Crack tip shielding; Interfacial wear; Stress intensity factor; Thermal residual stress

Indexed keywords

CRACK TIPS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; SILICON CARBIDE; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

APPLIED STRESS INTENSITY; BRIDGING STRESS; CLOSURE; CRACK LENGTH; CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENTS; CRACK TIP STRESS; CRACK-BRIDGING; CRACK-FACE TRACTION; CRACK-TIP SHIELDING; DRIVING FORCES; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE CYCLES; FRACTURE MECHANICS PARAMETERS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INCREMENTAL GROWTH; INTERFACIAL STRENGTH; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; STRESS INTENSITY RANGE; SYNCHROTRON X RAYS; THERMAL RESIDUAL STRESS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

CRACKS;

EID: 84864992698     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0070     Document Type: Article

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