Cyclic fatigue-crack propagation, stress
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Ritchie, R. O. ;Dauskardt, R. H. ;Yu, Weikang ;Brendzel, A. M.
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Fracture-mechanics tests were performed to characterize the cyclic fatigue, stresscorrosion cracking, and fracture-toughness behavior of a pyrolyk carbon-coated graphite composite material used in the manufacture of cardiac valve prostheses. Testing was carried out using compact tension C(T) samples