Effect of stress transients on the crack propagation rate in steam turbine disc steel

Corrosion

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 508-513

  Zhou, S ^a   Turnbull, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloride; Disc steel; Fracture mechanics; Oxygen; Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STEAM TURBINES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

CRACK GROWTH RATE; DISC STEEL; STRESS TRANSIENTS; TRAPEZOIDAL LOADING;

STEEL;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STEAM TURBINES; STEEL; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 33845694269     PISSN: 00109312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5006/1.3279909     Document Type: Article

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