Stress corrosion cracking of stainless steel bellows of satellite launch vehicle propellant tank assembly

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 699-709

  Jha, Abhay K ^a   Diwakar, V ^a   Sreekumar, K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Bellows failures; Residual stress; Stainless steel; Stress corrosion cracking; Transgranular fracture

Indexed keywords

BELLOWS; IONS; LAUNCHING; LIQUID FUELS; PROPELLANTS; SATELLITES; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; THERMAL STRESS; WELDING;

SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

LAUNCHING; PROPELLANT; SATELLITE; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TANK;

EID: 0142228680     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-6307(03)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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