Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of aluminium alloys

Stress corrosion cracking: Theory and practice

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 307-340

  Bobby Kannan, M ^a   Bala Srinivasan, P ^b   Raja, V S ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys; Composites; Precipitates; Stress corrosion cracking mechanisms; Weldment

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CORROSION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CORROSION; CRACKS; FUEL ECONOMY; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PRECIPITATES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

FUEL SAVINGS; WELDMENTS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84903069491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857093769.3.307     Document Type: Chapter

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