Cross weld creep testing and its extrapolation to service welds

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-133

  Law, M ^a   Payten, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE;

EXTRAPOLATION;

WELDS;

EID: 0031374796     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(97)00108-7     Document Type: Article

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