Dislocation viscoplasticity aspects of material fracturing

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1348-1359

  Armstrong, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittleness; Cleavage; Dislocations; Ductile brittle transition; Fracture mechanics; Grain size; Hardness; Microstructure; Nuclear pressure vessel steels; Viscoplasticity; WC Co composites

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE; DUCTILE-BRITTLE TRANSITION; GRAIN SIZE; NUCLEAR PRESSURE VESSEL STEEL; NUCLEAR PRESSURE VESSEL STEELS; WC-CO COMPOSITE;

BOILERS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; CAISSONS; CRACKS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDNESS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; METALLIC GLASS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

PLASTICITY;

EID: 77952786924     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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