Propagation and closure of small cracks
โ
Keisuke Tanaka; Yoshiaki Akiniwa; Kenichi Shimizu
๐
Article
๐
1996
๐
Elsevier Science
๐
English
โ 610 KB
The propagation behavior of small fatigue cracks in smooth specimens of an aluminum alloy (2024-T6) reinforced with 20% volume of SiC particles was studied under load-and displacement-controlled cyclic conditions. The development of crack closure with crack extension was measured through the complia