Fatigue

Fatigue Crack Initiation in AA2024: a coupled micromechanical testing and crystal plasticity study

Efthymiadis_et_al-2018-Fatigue_%26_Fracture_of_Engineering_Materials_%26_Structures.pdf

Crystal Plasticity Modeling Cyclic Fatigue

Damage at the microstructural level of AA2024 upon cyclic loading

The effect of load amplitude on damage nucleation characteristics:

  1. Void nucleation and strain localisation at particles at low amplitudes
  2. Particle cracking and slip band formation at mid-amplitude loading
  3. Strong slip band formation for high amplitude fatigue loading

Fatigue Crack Nucleation at machined holes

Fatigue Crack Initiation: Literature Review

FCI literature review presentation 16-04-2010.pdf

Fatigue Crack Initiation in AA2024

Fatigue Crack Nucleation in AA2024 T3.pdf