Optimisation of heat treatment for improvement of IGSCC properties of an X-750 alloy

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 799-810

  Ferreno, D ^a   Gorrochategui, I ^b   Sanchez L ^a   Gutierrez Solana F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b NUCLENOR SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Heat treatment; Nickel alloys; Rising load test; Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

FITS AND TOLERANCES; GEOMETRY; HEAT TREATMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

INTERGRANULAR STRESS CORROSION CRACKING (IGSCC); STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS;

ALLOYS;

ALLOY;

EID: 3042644566     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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