Effect of corrosion on the mechanical behaviour of aircraft aluminum alloys

Corrosion control in the aerospace industry

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 67-108

  Pantelakis, S G ^a   Kermanidis, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CORROSION; CRACKS; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT;

CORROSION INDUCED HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED PROCESS; FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR; FATIGUE LIFE ASSESSMENT; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; METALLOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; TYPES OF CORROSIONS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84904030592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845695538.1.67     Document Type: Chapter

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