Assisted crack growth in maraging steel welds by gaseous hydrogen

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1033-1041

  Tsay, L W ^a   Huang, W B ^a   Chen, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth rate; Hydrogen embrittlement; Laser welding; T 250 maraging steel

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; AUSTENITE; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; LASER BEAM WELDING; MARAGING STEEL; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); WELDS;

INTERGRANULAR FRACTURE MODE; MARAGING STEEL T 250; QUASI CLEAVAGE MIXED FRACTURE MODE;

WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030650857     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1997.tb01545.x     Document Type: Article

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