Plasticity induced fatigue crack closure: Modelling and Experiments

The understanding of fatigue crack closure has been proved to be a challenging and controversial topic among the fatigue community over the last three decades. Since the pioneering work of Elber, different forms of crack closure have been identified (e.g. roughness and oxide induced), however, plast...

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Main Author: De Matos, Paulo Fernando Pinto
Published: University of Oxford 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491427