Some material toughness properties of a series of turbine casing bolts removed from service after over 100 000 hours

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 777-789

  Bulloch, J H ^a  

^a Head Office   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTED JOINTS; BOLTS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STEAM TURBINES; STRAIN RATE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHARPY CORRELATION; CHARPY FRACTURE APPEARANCE TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; REVERSE TEMPER EMBRITTLEMENT; TURBINE CASING BOLTS; WARREN CORRELATION;

BOLTS; STEAM TURBINES;

BOLT; CASING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATERIAL; TURBINE;

EID: 0032172935     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(98)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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