In situ observation of intergranular crack nucleation in a grain boundary controlled austenitic stainless steel

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 233, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 423-431

  Rahimi, S ^a   Engelberg, D L ^a   Duff, J A ^a   Marrow, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Digital image correlation (DIC); Grain boundary engineering (GBE); In situ observation; Intergranular stress corrosion (IGSCC); Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; CRACK PROPAGATION; GRAIN GROWTH; IMAGE CORRELATION; INTERGRANULAR CORROSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STEEL CORROSION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

CRACKS NUCLEATION; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; GRAIN BOUNDARY ENGINEERING; GRAIN-BOUNDARIES; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INTERGRANULAR STRESS; INTERGRANULAR STRESS CORROSION (IGSCC); STRESS-CORROSION;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

STAINLESS STEEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING; ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GRAIN BOUNDARY ENGINEERING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 61449229282     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03133.x     Document Type: Article

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