Crack initiation and propagation in Chromium pre-alloyed PM-steel under cyclic loading

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 750-759

  Gerosa, R ^a   Rivolta, B ^a   Tavasci, A ^a   Silva, G ^a   Bergmark, A ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b HÖGANÄS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromium pre alloyed steels; Crack path; Crack propagation; Powder metallurgy; Sintering; Threshold

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM POWDER METALLURGY; COOLING; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CYCLIC LOADS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTOGRAPHY; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; SINTERING;

CHROMIUM PRE-ALLOYED STEELS; CRACK PATH;

STEEL;

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM POWDER METALLURGY; COOLING; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CYCLIC LOADS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTOGRAPHY; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; SINTERING; STEEL;

EID: 36248982657     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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