Cryogenic fracture and adiabatic heating of austenitic stainless steels for superconducting fusion magnets

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-326

  Shindo, Yasuhide ^a   Horiguchi, Katsumi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adiabatic heating; Austenitic stainless steels; Compact specimens; Cryomechanics; Fracture mechanics; Fracture toughness; Liquid helium temperature; Magnetic fusion reactors; Superconducting magnets; Toughness testing

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYOGENICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HEATING; HELIUM; MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ADIABATIC HEATING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0242657747     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1468-6996(03)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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