Fatigue crack growth behaviour of A533B steel in pressurized water at 288 and 28 °C

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-303

  Raman, S Ganesh Sundara ^a   Kitsunai, Y ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Japan Crane Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

A533B steel; Anisotropy; Corrosion fatigue; Fatigue crack growth rate; High temperature water environment

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDROGEN; PRESSURIZATION; WATER;

A533B STEEL; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RATE (FCGR); FRACTURE SURFACES; PRESSURIZED WATER;

STEEL;

FATIGUE CRACK;

EID: 18444408112     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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