Fatigue crack propagation in cast duplex stainless steels: Thermal ageing and microstructural effects

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-43

  Calonne, V ^a   Gourgues, A F ^a   Pineau, A ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cast duplex stainless steels; Crack closure effect; Crack propagation; EBSD; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

AGE HARDENING; ANNEALING; AUSTENITE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; EMBRITTLEMENT; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FERRITE; KINEMATICS; QUENCHING; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SOLIDIFICATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CRACK CLOSURE; ISOTROPIC HARDENING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0347758422     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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