REU Supplement: CAREER: Quantitative Understanding of the Effects of Micro and Macro-Texture on Fatigue Crack Initiation and Early Growth in High Performance Alloys

Research Areas: 3D Animation, 3D Crack Growth, Euler Angles, Standard Pole, X-Ray Diffraction

Departments: Chemical and Materials Engineering

Primary Investigator: Tongguang Zhai

This CAREER project addresses the resistance of grain boundaries to short fatigue crack growth
and the effects of crystallographic texture and grain structure on the fatigue properties in high
performance alloys. Quantitative understanding of the inte