A dislocation model of plasticity with particular application to fatigue crack closure

<p>The ability to predict fatigue crack growth rates is essential in safety critical systems. The discovery of fatigue crack closure in 1970 caused a flourish of research in attempts to simulate this behaviour, which crucially affects crack growth rates. Historically, crack tip plasticity mode...

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Main Author: McKellar, D
Other Authors: Hills, D
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2001
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