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Morphological Aspects of Fatigue. Crack Formation and Growth

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The purpose of this chapter is to provide some basic information about the morphological aspects associated with the various fatigue processes that take place in materials during cycling.

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Milella, P.P. (2024). Morphological Aspects of Fatigue. Crack Formation and Growth. In: Fatigue and Corrosion in Metals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51350-3_3

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