Effect of tempering treatment on hydrogen-induced cracking in high-strength steel

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 393-398

  Nakatani, Y ^a   Higashi, T ^a   Yamada, K ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; STEEL HEAT TREATMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; TEMPERING;

DELAYED FRACTURE; INTERGRANULAR CRACKING;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0032624641     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1999.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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