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The fatigue-crack propagation behavior of Type 304 stainless steel was investigated within the framework of linear elastic fracture mechanics at temperatures of 75‡, 600‡ 1000‡ and 1200‡F. The cyclic frequency for the elevated temperature tests was 4 cpm. It was found that, in general, fracture mechanics concepts may be used to describe the crack propagation behavior at these temperatures, and that increasing the temperature had a significant effect in increasing the fatigue-crack growth rate.
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James, L.A., Schwenk, E.B. Fatigue-crack propagation behavior of type 304 stainless steel at elevated temperatures. Metall Trans 2, 491–496 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02663339
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