Sharp contact corners, fretting and cracks

Contacts with sharp edges subject to oscillatory loading are likely to nucleate cracks from the corners, if the loading is sufficiently severe. To a first approximation, the corners behave like notches, where the local elastic behaviour is relieved by plasticity, and which in turn causes irreversibi...

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Main Authors: D. A. Hills, R. C. Flicek, D. Dini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gruppo Italiano Frattura 2013-04-01
Series:Fracture and Structural Integrity
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Online Access:https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/205