Low-temperature autofrettage: An improved technique to enhance the fatigue resistance of thick-walled tubes against pulsating internal pressure

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 595-604

  Mughrabi, H ^a   Donth, B ^a   Vetter, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fatigue of tubes; Low temperature autofrettage; Pulsating internal pressure; Residual stresses; Thick walled tubes

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); PRESSURE EFFECTS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STAINLESS STEEL; STRAIN HARDENING; YIELD STRESS;

LOW TEMPERATURE AUTOFRETTAGE; PULSATING INTERNAL PRESSURE; THICK WALLED TUBES;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0030654075     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1997.tb00291.x     Document Type: Article

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