The toughness of laser welded joints in the ductile-brittle transition

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2395-2419

  Bezensek, B ^a   Hancock, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser welded joints; Strength mismatch; Structural assessment; Toughness testing; Weakest link theory

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; LASER BEAM WELDING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOUGHNESS; YIELD STRESS;

CHARPY TEST; STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT; WEAKEST LINK THEORY;

WELDS;

BRITTLENESS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; LASER BEAM WELDING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOUGHNESS; WELDS; YIELD STRESS;

EID: 34249662822     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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