Can Keff be assumed as the driving force for fatigue crack growth?
This work raises some new questions about the validity of blindly assuming that Elber’s effective stress intensity factor is the actual fatigue crack driving force, and that as so it can be used to explain all load sequence effects on fatigue crack growth (FCG). Although plasticity-induced crack c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Gruppo Italiano Frattura
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Fracture and Structural Integrity |
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| Online Access: | http://www.gruppofrattura.it/pdf/rivista/numero33/numero_33_art_13.pdf |