Fracture Characterization of Steels by Means of the Small Punch Test

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 385-392

  Rodriguez C ^a   Cardenas E ^a   Belzunce, F J ^a   Betegon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

API steels; Fracture; Heat Affected Zone; Small Punch Test

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTURE; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; HOT ROLLED STEEL; HOT ROLLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDING; WELDING CODES; BONE CEMENT; METALLIC GLASS;

API STEELS; CONSUMED ENERGY; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; LOAD DISPLACEMENT PLOTS; MAXIMUM HARDNESS; MAXIMUM STRAINS; SMALL PUNCH TEST; THICKNESS RATIO; LOAD DISPLACEMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84874260717     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-012-9637-x     Document Type: Article

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