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Fracture Mechanics Approach to Fatigue Crack Propagation: Measurements and Observation

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There where conventional fatigue terminates with the generation of the first macrocrack, fatigue crack growth initiates, whose characteristic progression can be treated using fracture mechanics with the Paris-Erdogan equation. Fatigue crack growth rates of various steels, aluminum, nickel and titanium alloys are reviewed together with the basic growth mechanism and the effect of fracture toughness and temperature..

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Milella, P.P. (2013). Fracture Mechanics Approach to Fatigue Crack Propagation: Measurements and Observation. In: Fatigue and Corrosion in Metals. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2336-9_10

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