Direct observation of fatigue cracking in the fuel plate using the scanning electron microscope

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-154

  Wang, Xi Shu ^a   Xu, Yong ^a   Xu, Xian Qi ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Fatigue failure; Online; Sandwich structure; SEM; U3Si2 Al fuel plate

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CLAD METALS; CRACKS; CYCLIC LOADS; FUSION REACTORS; HEAT TREATMENT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM POWDER MATRIX; FATIGUE FAILURE; FUEL PLATES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 3042635063     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ACMA.0000026478.76133.7a     Document Type: Article

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