Reduction of hydrogen embrittlement in an ultra-high-strength steel by laser surface annealing

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 325-333

  Tsay, L W ^a   Yang, T Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MARAGING STEEL; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRESS; TENSILE TESTING;

LASER SURFACE ANNEALING;

STEEL TESTING;

EID: 0034427596     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2000.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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