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Article: Recent studies from Delft University of Technology add new data to materials science.
- Article from:
- Journal of Technology
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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"The paper presents a discussion on two problems associated with fatigue crack growth in aluminium alloys. First, the application of the similarity approach to crack growth prediction in specimens and structures of aluminium alloys is discussed," scientists in Netherlands report.
"The significance of similarity conditions is emphasized and the K-dominated zone is briefly addressed. Secondly, the significance of water vapour for fatigue crack growth in aluminium alloy is reported with a case history of subsurface crack initiation and crack growth in vacuum," wrote J. Schijve and colleagues, Delft University of Technology.
The researchers concluded: "Some ...