Welding residual stresses in ferritic power plant steels

Materials Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1009-1020

  Francis, J A ^a   Bhadeshia, H K D H ^b   Withers, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phase transformation; Power plant; Residual stress; Steel; Structural integrity; Weld

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POWER PLANTS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

MULTIPASS WELDING; POWER PLANT COMPONENTS; SOLID STATE PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS;

WELDING;

EID: 35148875964     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328407X213116     Document Type: Review

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