Mechanisms and factors that influence postweld intergranular underclad cracking

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 799-806

  Tigges, D ^a   Piques, R ^b   Buisine, D ^c   Vignes, J L ^d  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c EDF R AND D   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Auger electron spectroscopy; Intergranular underclad cracking; Post weld heat treatment; Sulphur segregation

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CLADDING (COATING); CRACK INITIATION; FERRITES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEAT TREATMENT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); RESIDUAL STRESSES; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); STAINLESS STEEL; SULFUR; THERMAL STRESS;

FERRITIC AUSTENITIC INTERFACE; FERRITIC STEEL; POST WELD HEAT TREATMENT; POSTWELD INTERGRANULAR UNDERCLAD CRACKING; SULPHUR SEGREGATION; VACUUM CHAMBER; WELDED AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL CLAD;

STEEL;

EID: 0030168650     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb01324.x     Document Type: Article

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