Fracture toughness and crack path deviations in laser welded joints

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 474, Issue , 2004, Pages 9-15

  Bezensek, Bostjan ^a,b   Hancock, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PATH DEVIATIONS; CRACK TIP OPENING DISPLACEMENT (CTOD); LASER WELDED JOINTS; MICROSTRUCTURE GRADIENTS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LASER BEAM WELDING; MICROSTRUCTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOUGHNESS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 7644240724     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/PVP2004-2295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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