Influence of plasma nitriding on fatigue strength and fracture of a B-Mn steel

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 181-194

  De La Cruz, P ^a   Oden M ^a   Ericsson, T ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

B Mn steel; Fatigue fracture; Fatigue strength; Plasma nitriding

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIDING; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; QUENCHING; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TEMPERING;

COMPRESSIVE STRESSES; PLASMA NITRIDING;

STEEL TESTING;

FATIGUE; FRACTURE; PLASMA TREATMENT;

EID: 0007987527     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-5093(97)00518-2     Document Type: Article

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