Creep crack growth behavior in the HAZ of weldments of W containing high Cr steel

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 78, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 779-784

  Tabuchi, Masaaki ^a   Watanabe, Takashi ^a   Kubo, Kiyoshi ^a   Matsui, Masakazu ^a   Kinugawa, Junichi ^a   Abe, Fujio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

11Cr 0.4Mo 2W steel; Creep crack growth; EBW joint; FEM analysis; GTAW joint; Simulated HAZ; Type IV crack

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013298535     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(01)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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