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Fatigue crack propagation under loading with negative R‐values
Author(s) -
Lange H.,
Fett T.,
Munz D.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
materialwissenschaft und werkstofftechnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1521-4052
pISSN - 0933-5137
DOI - 10.1002/mawe.19900210404
Subject(s) - paris' law , materials science , fracture mechanics , austenite , crack closure , structural engineering , forensic engineering , composite material , metallurgy , engineering , microstructure
From a survey of the literature and experimental results obtained with two austenitic steels it is concluded that for fatigue crack propagation with negative R‐values the often used relation ΔK eff = K max underestimates the crack growth rate. Relations between ΔK eff and ΔK are presented.