Fatigue behaviour and fracture mechanism of cryogenically treated En 353 steel

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2955-2962

  Bensely, A ^a   Shyamala, L ^a   Harish, S ^b   Mohan Lal, D ^a   Nagarajan, G ^a   Junik, Krzysztof ^c   Rajadurai, A ^d  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carburized steel; Crown wheel and pinion; Cryogenic treatment; Fatigue test; Fracture mechanism

Indexed keywords

CARBURIZED STEEL; CROWN WHEEL AND PINION; CRYOGENIC TREATMENT; FATIGUE TEST; FRACTURE MECHANISM;

CARBIDES; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEEL; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS; WHEELS;

CRYOGENICS;

EID: 67349170789     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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