Brittle-ductile transitions in vanadium and iron-chromium

We report ongoing experimental work on fracture and brittle-ductile transitions in vanadium, iron and iron-9% chromium single crystals and polycrystals. Tests were carried out by four-point bending of pre-cracked specimens in the temperature range 77-300 K, at a variety of strain rates. For a given...

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Main Authors: Joseph, T, Tanaka, M, Wilkinson, A, Roberts, S
Format: Conference item
Published: Elsevier 2007