Experimental characterization and two-dimensional simulation of short-crack propagation in an austenitic-ferritic duplex steel

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 983-992

  Duber O ^a   Kunkler B ^a   Krupp, U ^a   Christ, H J ^a   Fritzen, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duplex steel; EBSD; Fatigue life prediction; Modelling; Short crack propagation

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FERRITES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DUPLEX STEEL; FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; SHORT CRACK PROPAGATION;

STEEL;

EID: 33748905326     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2005.07.048     Document Type: Article

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