A fatigue crack typically appears as a small, hairline fracture on the surface of the material. It can be perpendicular to the direction of the applied stress and may have a characteristic beach-mark pattern that indicates the progressive growth of the crack over time.
Zheng Minzhong has written: 'Crack tip field and fatigue crack growth in general yielding and low cycle fatigue' -- subject(s): Materials, Fatigue
S. A. Willard has written: 'Use of marker bands for determination of fatigue crack growth rates and crack front shapes in the pre-corroded coupons' -- subject(s): Crack propagation, Cracks, Fracturing, Markers, Fatigue (Materials)
J. C. Newman has written: 'Prediction of fatigue-crack growth in a high-strength aluminum alloy under variable-amplitude loading' -- subject(s): Aluminum alloys, Fatigue 'An evaluation of the plasticity-induced crack-closure' -- subject(s): Crack propagation, Fatigue tests, Aluminum alloys, Stress ratio, Plastic properties, Fatigue (Materials) 'The merging of fatigue and fracture mechanics concepts' -- subject(s): Crack propagation, Microcracks, Fracturing, Crack closure, Fracture mechanics, Fatigue (Materials), Finite element method, Stress intensity factors, Plastic properties, Stress concentration 'FASTRAN-II' -- subject(s): Computer programs, Structural control (Engineering), Fracture mechanics, Structural analysis (Engineering), Composite materials, Fatigue 'Analyses of fatigue crack growth and closure near threshold conditions for large-crack behavior' -- subject(s): Crack propagation, Crack tips, Fatigue (Materials), Displacement, Aluminum alloys 'Stress-intensity factor equations for cracks in three-dimensional finite bodies subjected to tension and bending loads' -- subject(s): Cracking (Fracturing), Fractography, Fracture mechanics, Plates (Structural members), Stress analysis, Stress functions, Stress intensity factors 'Advances in fatigue life prediction methodology for metallic minerals' -- subject(s): Fatigue, Metals 'Fatigue life and crack growth prediction methodology' -- subject(s): Materials, Fatigue 'Flow simulations about steady-complex and unsteady moving configurations using structured-overlapped and unstructured grids' 'Small-crack effects in high-strength aluminum alloys' -- subject(s): Crack initiation, Crack propagation 'Three-dimensional elastic-plastic finite-element analyses of constraint variations in cracked bodies' -- subject(s): Testing, Fatigue, Airframes, Materials
Metal fatigue
They can bend or crack due to rust, fatigue or abuse.
Ping Tang has written: 'Fatigue crack growth' -- subject(s): Fatigue, Fracture mechanics, Metals
Component fatigue, ammo, etc..
Atiq-Ur Rehman has written: 'An investigation of methods of reducing fatigue crack growth by artificial crack-closure effects'
R. A. Daiuto has written: 'Effect of thickness on fatigue crack propagation in 7475-T731 aluminum alloy sheet' -- subject(s): Aluminum alloys, Fatigue
J. M Krafft has written: 'Organizational scheme for corrosion-fatigue crack propagation data' -- subject(s): Steel, Fatigue, Stress corrosion
S. K. Ray has written: 'Three-dimensional measurements of fatigue crack closure' -- subject(s): Polycarbonates, Materials, Fatigue, Fracture mechanics
W. F Anderson has written: 'Preliminary analysis of the effect of fatigue loading and crack propagation on crack acceptance criteria for nuclear power plant components' -- subject(s): Nuclear reactors, Materials, Principal components analysis, Fatigue, Maintenance and repair