Fracture toughness of electron beam welded Ti6Al4V

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-192

  Rao, K Prasad ^a   Angamuthu, K ^b   Srinivasan, P Bala ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Adama University   (Ethiopia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bead over bead technique; Charpy impact; Electron beam weld; Fracture toughness; Ti6Al4V

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM WELDING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; METAL WORKING; MICROSTRUCTURE;

BASKET WEAVE STRUCTURE; BEAD OVER BEAD TECHNIQUE; CHARPY IMPACT TOUGHNESS; STRINGER BEAD WELDING;

TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 37548998607     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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