The near threshold fatigue crack growth in ultrafine-grained (UFG) copper at room temperature was studied in comparison to conventional coarse-grained (CG) copper. The fatigue crack growth rates da/dN in UFG copper were ...

Initiation of fatigue cracks in materials with conventional grain (CG) size was investigated very thoroughly in the past. There is an extensive knowledge on the localization of cyclic plasticity and early crack development; ...

This paper presents results of 3Dfractographical analysis of shear-mode fatigue cracks in ARMCO iron, alpha-titanium, nickel and the X5CrNi18-10 steel. Observation of crack paths on a microscopic level enables us to reveal ...

Mechanism of fatigue crack initiation was investigated in ultrafine-grained (UFG) magnesium alloy AZ91 processed by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP). Fatigue behaviour of UFG material was compared to the behaviour of ...