Metallurgical analysis of cracking in weldment of propellant tank

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-273

  Jha, Abhay K ^a   Murty, S V S N ^a   Diwakar, V ^a   Sree Kumar, K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Aerospace failures; Crack growth; Pressure vessel failures; Stress corrosion cracking; Welds

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; METALLURGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

PROPELLANT TANKS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

AEROSPACE; ALUMINUM ALLOY; METALLURGY; PRESSURE; PROPELLANT; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TANK;

EID: 0037409999     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-6307(02)00073-0     Document Type: Article

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