A brief history of fractography

Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 54-69

  Lynch, S P ^a,b   Moutsos, S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Dimples; Fatigue; Flutes; Fractography; Hydrogen embrittlement; Intergranular fracture; Liquid metal embrittlement; Stress corrosion cracking; Striations

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CLEAVAGE; DIMPLES; FLUTES; INTERGRANULAR FRACTURE; LIQUID-METAL EMBRITTLEMENT; STRESS-CORROSION CRACKING; STRIATIONS;

FRACTOGRAPHY;

EID: 34248546745     PISSN: 15477029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1361/154770206X156231     Document Type: Article

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