Predicting creep crack initiation in austenitic and ferritic steels using the creep toughness parameter and time-dependent failure assessment diagram

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 820-836

  Davies, Catrin M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

316H steel; Creep crack initiation (CCI); Creep toughness; P22 steel; TDFAD; Weldments

Indexed keywords

316H STEEL; CREEP CRACK INITIATION (CCI); P22 STEEL; TDFAD; WELDMENTS;

AUSTENITE; COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; CONTROL THEORY; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; CREEP; DAMAGE DETECTION; FERRITE; FERRITIC STEEL; FORECASTING; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 70349280381     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2009.01388.x     Document Type: Review

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