Steam turbines Part 2 - Stress corrosion cracking of turbine disc steels

Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-191

  Turnbull, A ^a   Zhou, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; QUENCHING; STEEL TESTING; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

TURBINE DISC STEELS;

STEAM TURBINES;

EID: 0242332730     PISSN: 1478422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/147842203770226906     Document Type: Review

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