Determination of the energetic parameters controlling cleavage fracture initiation in steels

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 619-632

  Linaza, M A ^a   Rodriguez Ibabe, J M ^a   Urcola, J J ^a  

^a CEIT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cleavage fracture; Critical failure stress; Effective surface energy; Ti micro alloyed steels

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROCRACKS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; CRITICAL FAILURE STRESS; MICROALLOYED STEELS;

STEEL;

EID: 0030716631     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1997.tb00296.x     Document Type: Article

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