Crack initiation in the brittle fracture of ferritic steels

Fracture in many steels is thought to initiate from fractured carbides. It is often supposed that in pre-cracked specimens, many carbides fracture in the plastic zone of the pre-crack, and that eventually fracture propagates from one of these to cause fracture of the whole specimen. Sources of fract...

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Main Authors: Coates, M, Kumar, A, Roberts, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006