Abstract: It is becoming increasingly evident that an understanding of incipient microcracking and growth of small cracks is essential to the development of improved predictions of the fatigue life of ...

Abstract: A micromechanical methodology has been developed for analyzing fiber bridging and resistance-curve behavior in reinforced-carbon-carbon (RCC) panels with a 3D composite architecture and a SiC surface ...

Abstract: An improved fracture mechanics model for fatigue crack growth in welded tubular joints is developed. Primary improvements include the use of a wide-ranged equation for the fatigue crack growth ...

Abstract: The fatigue crack growth (FCG) behavior of PWA1484 single crystals was characterized in air under mixed-mode loading at 593°C as a function of crystallographic orientation using an asymmetric ...

Abstract: The empirical models commonly used for probabilistic life prediction do not provide adequate treatment of the physical parameters that characterize fatigue damage development. For these models, ...