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Fatigue Crack Initiation

In this project the initiation of fatigue cracks is modeled with discrete dislocation dynamics.

This work was carried out at the MicroMechanics of Materials Group of Erik van der Giessen.




Thesis

On the Role of Dislocations in Fatigue Crack Initiation
S. Brinckmann (2005) ISBN 90-367-2237-3
full text (pdf format) [7.6MB]

Papers

2003

  • Towards Understanding Fatigue Crack Initiation: A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study
    S. Brinckmann, E. Van der Giessen (2003) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on The Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Geneva/Switzerland
    abstract (text format) full paper (pdf format) [1MB]

  • Stress Concentration at the Surface of Fatigued Materials: A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study
    S. Brinckmann, E. Van der Giessen (2003) Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Corfu/Greece
    abstract (text format) full paper (pdf format) [0.1MB]

  • A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study aiming at understanding Fatigue Crack Initiation
    S. Brinckmann, E. Van der Giessen (2003), Materials Science and Engineering A, (in press)
    abstract (text format) full paper (link)

2004



Conferences Contributions

2001

  • Towards Understanding Fatigue Crack Initiation: A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study
    MaterialsResearch4001, Veldhoven/The Netherlands.
    Contribution:
    abstract (text format) poster (pdf format) [1.5MB]
  • 6th International Conference on Fracture and Fatigue, Cirencester/England.

2002

  • Towards Understanding Fatigue Crack Initiation: A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study
    MaterialsResearch4002, Veldhoven/The Netherlands.
    Contribution:
    abstract (text format) poster (pdf format) [1MB]
  • Towards Understanding Fatigue Crack Initiation: A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study
    Fatigue 2002, Stockholm/Sweden.
    Contribution:
    abstract (text format) talk
  • Towards Understanding Fatigue Crack Initiation: A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study
    Microstructures 2002, Frejus/France.
    Contribution:
    abstract (text format) poster
  • Colloque Franco-Italian sur la Micromecanique des Materiaux, Todi/Italy.

2003

  • A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study of Dislocation Structures leading to Fatigue Crack Initiation
    Material Science Center Meeting 2003, Vlieland/The Netherlands.
    Contribution:
    abstract (text format) poster
  • A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study of Dislocation Structures leading to Fatigue Crack Initiation
    MaterialsResearch4003, Veldhoven/The Netherlands.
    Contribution:
    abstract (text format) talk
  • Towards Understanding Fatigue Crack Initiation: A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study
    International Conference on The Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Geneva/Switzerland.
    Contribution:
    abstract (text format) full paper (pdf format) [1MB] talk
  • Stress Concentration at the Surface of Fatigued Materials: A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study
    International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Corfu/Greece.
    Contribution:
    abstract (text format) full paper (pdf format) {0.1MB] talk
  • A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study aiming at understanding Fatigue Crack Initiation
    13th International Conference on the Strength of Materials, Budapest/Hungary.
    Contribution:
    abstract (text format) full paper (link) talk
  • Stress Concentration at the Surface of Fatigued Materials: A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Study
    NIMR Congress Building Bridges in Metallurgy, Noordwijkerhoud/The Netherlands.
    Contribution:
    poster (pdf format) [4MB]

2004

  • Stress Concentrations Caused by Dislocations at the Free Surface
    S. Brinckmann, E. Van der Giessen (2004) Proceedings of the 21th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Warsaw/Poland
    abstract (text format) extended summary (pdf format) [0MB]

  • Dislocation Structures leading to Fatigue Crack Initiation
    S. Brinckmann, E. Van der Giessen (2004) Proceedings of the 25th Risoe International Symposium on Materials Science, Roskilde/Denmark
    abstract (text format) full paper (pdf format) [0.1MB]

  • Fatigue Crack Initiation modeled by Discrete Dislocation Dynamics and a Cohesive Surface Model
    S. Brinckmann, E. Van der Giessen (2004) 25nd International Conference on Dislocations, La-Colle-Sur-Loup/France
    abstract (text format)