Temperature dependence of mechanical properties of zinc and Zircaloy measured using miniaturised disc tests

Materials Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 567-574

  Hughes, G M ^a   Flewitt, P E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ductile brittle transition temperature; Fracture energy; Miniaturised test; Yield strength; Zinc; Zircaloy 4

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SHEET; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CURVES (ROAD); DUCTILE FRACTURE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE ENERGY; FRACTURE FIXATION; GARNETS; LITHOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINERALS; PIGMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SULFATE MINERALS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; TELEMETERING SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TESTING; YIELD STRESS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

(ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; (PL) PROPERTIES; BULK VALUES; CHARPY IMPACT TESTING; DISC SPECIMENS; DISC TESTS; DUCTILE TO BRITTLE TRANSITION (DBT); DUCTILE-TO-BRITTLE TRANSITION TEMPERATURE (DBTT); FRACTURE MODES; LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES; POLYCRYSTALLINE ZINC; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; TEST METHODS; YIELD STRENGTHS; ZIRCALOY; ZIRCALOY-4; ZIRCONIUM-BASED ALLOY;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 45149101670     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328408X307157     Document Type: Article

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