Standardisation - A route to enhancing the acceptability of the small punch creep test

Proceedings - ECCC Creep Conference: Creep and Fracture in High Temperature Components - Design and Life Assessment Issues

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 349-358

  Hurst, R C ^a   Stratford, G C ^b   Bicego, V ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CESI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Code of Practice; Creep; Lifetime prediction; Small Punch Test

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CREEP TESTING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PUNCHING; ROTORS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TENSILE TESTING;

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GEOMETRY FEATURES; LOADING GEOMETRY; SMALL PUNCH (SP) TEST;

STEEL;

EID: 33749338788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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