Requirements for and use of miniature test specimens to provide mechanical and creep properties of materials: A review

International Materials Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-255

  Hyde, T H ^a   Sun, W ^a   Williams, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Pine Bank   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creep; Fatigue; Fracture toughness; Mechanical properties; Miniature specimens; Small punch testing

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CREEP; DATA REDUCTION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

CREEP PROPERTIES; SMALL PUNCH TESTING; SURVEILLANCE MONITORING;

ALLOYS;

EID: 34547617485     PISSN: 09506608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328007X160317     Document Type: Review

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