Microstructural and mechanical characterization of postweld heat-treated thermite weld in rails

Materials Characterization

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 243-250

  Ilić, Nenad ^a   Jovanović, Milan T ^a   Todorović, Miša ^a   Trtanj, Milan ^a   Šaponjić, Petar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Welding Institute   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FERRITE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HARDNESS; HEAT TREATMENT; INCLUSIONS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PEARLITE; POROSITY; RAILS; STEEL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

THERMITE WELDS;

WELDS;

EID: 0033324111     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-5803(99)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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