The effect of crack propagation mechanism on the fractal dimension of fracture surfaces in steels

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 726-738

  Dlouhy I ^a   Strnadel, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF MATERIALS   (Czech Republic)

^b VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Ductile fracture; Fractal dimension; Fractography; Fracture surface; Fracture toughness; Intergranular fracture; Low alloyed steel

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTOGRAPHY; HEAT TREATMENT; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

INTERGRANULAR FRACTURE; LOW-ALLOYED STEEL;

STEEL;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTOGRAPHY; HEAT TREATMENT; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; STEEL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 36248981454     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.03.038     Document Type: Article

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