P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, 23, ul. Krasikova, Moscow 117218, U.S.S.R.
Abstract:
A simple model is proposed, which allows one to explain and describe quantitatively the peculiarities of the kinetics of small fatigue cracks growth. The characteristics of material microstructure are introduced into consideration explicitly as well as those of the fields of microstress induced by the material microstructure.