Failure analysis of Grade-80 alloy steel towing chain links

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1542-1550

  Al Fadhalah, Khaled ^a   Elkholy, Ahmed ^a   Majeed, Majed ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Failure analysis; Fatigue; Grade 80 steel chains; Metallography; Welding

Indexed keywords

ALLOY STEEL; ARMY VEHICLES; BASE METALS; CHAIN LINKS; CYCLIC LOADINGS; DUCTILE RUPTURE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FATIGUE; GRADE-80 STEEL CHAINS; HIGH-CYCLIC LOADING; HIGH-TENSILE STRENGTH; MATERIAL HARDNESS; OPTICAL METALLOGRAPHY; POST WELD HEAT TREATMENT; SEM; SMALL STRAINS; TENSILE TESTS; WELD DEFECTS;

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CRACKS; CYCLIC LOADS; DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); DUCTILE FRACTURE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; HEAT RESISTANCE; METAL ANALYSIS; METALLOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; WELDING; WELDS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 77955424307     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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