Modeling of multiscale fatigue crack growth: Nano/micro and micro/macro transitions

Virtual Testing and Predictive Modeling: For Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Allowables

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 187-219

  Sih, G C ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Crack growth; Cracking; Damage; Fatigue; Mesomechanics; Micro macro; Microstructure degradation; Multiscaling; Nano micro; Scale segmentation; Scale transition; Size and time effect; Time dependency; Uni modulus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892257609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-95924-5_7     Document Type: Chapter

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