journal article·2025-09

Heterogeneous fatigue damage in a nickel-based single-crystal superalloy unraveled using correlative 3D X-ray technology

Zaifeng Zhou, Runguang Li, Youkang Wang, Shilei Li, Chao Song, Guang Xie, Jian Zhang, Guofeng Cheng, Qiang Feng, Jonathan Cormier, Wenjun Liu, Yan-Dong Wang

Acta Materialia· Volume 297
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