Compressive Thermal Yielding Leading to Hydrogen Cracking in a Fired Cannon

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 116-120

  Underwood, J H ^a   Parker, A P ^b   Cote, P J ^a   Sopok, S ^a  

^a Benet Laboratories   (United States)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); YIELD STRESS;

CANNON TUBES; ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING;

STEEL PIPE;

EID: 0033078621     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: 15288978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2883658     Document Type: Article

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