relation: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1942/ title: Correlation Between Paris’ Law Parameters Based on Self-Similarity and Criticality Condition creator: Carpinteri, Alberto creator: Paggi, Marco subject: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery description: Fatigue crack growth data are usually presented in terms of the crack growth rate, da / dN, and the stress-intensity factor range, ΔK. The typical fatigue crack propagation curve is shown in Fig.1, where Region I is referred to as the near-threshold region, Region II as the power-law region and Region III as the rapid crack propagation region where K max → K IC and crack growth instability occurs. In Region II the Paris’ equation (Paris and Erdogan [1]) provides a good approximation to the majority of experimental data: (1) dadN=C(ΔK)m where C and m are empirical constants usually referred to as Paris’ law parameters. publisher: Springer date: 2006 type: Book Section type: PeerReviewed identifier: Carpinteri, Alberto and Paggi, Marco Correlation Between Paris’ Law Parameters Based on Self-Similarity and Criticality Condition. In: Fracture of Nano and Engineering Materials and Structures. Springer , pp. 239-240. ISBN 978-1-4020-4971-2 (2006) relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4972-2_117 relation: 10.1007/1-4020-4972-2_117