A modified time-dependent failure assessment diagram for cracks in mismatched welds at high temperatures

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-166

  Xuan, Fu Zhen ^a   Tu, Shan Tung ^a   Wang, Zhengdong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Creep; Failure assessment diagram; High temperature; Structural integrity assessment; Time dependent; Weld mismatch

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; CRACKS; CREEP; CURVE FITTING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; STEEL; STRAIN; STRESSES;

ASSESSMENT CURVE; AUSTENITIC STEEL; FAILURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM; MISMATCHED CREEP PROPERTIES; MISMATCHED WELDS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT; TIME-DEPENDENT ASSESSMENT;

WELDS;

EID: 33645988789     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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