Effect of welding process on fatigue crack growth behaviour of austenitic stainless steel welds in a low alloy (Q&T) steel

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-148

  Rao, E J ^a   Guha, B ^b   Malakondaiah, G ^a   Radhakrishnan, V M ^b  

^a DEFENCE METALLURGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FLUX CORE WIRE WELDING; FRACTOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; WELDS;

SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING (SMAW);

STAINLESS STEEL;

ALLOYS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE; STAINLESS STEEL-AUSTENITIC; WELDING;

EID: 0031171309     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8442(97)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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