Critical assessment 22: Bainitic forging steels

Materials Science and Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 517-522

  Buchmayr, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bainitic steel; Continuous cooling; Fatigue; Forgings; Heat treatment; Isothermal cooling; Service behaviour; Typical applications

Indexed keywords

BAINITE; CARBIDES; COOLING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FERRITIC STEEL; FORGINGS; HEAT TREATMENT; PEARLITE; STEEL;

BAINITIC STEEL; CONTINUOUS COOLING; ISOTHERMAL COOLING; SERVICE BEHAVIOURS; TYPICAL APPLICATION;

HIGH STRENGTH STEEL;

EID: 84964949371     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: 17432847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02670836.2015.1114272     Document Type: Article

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