A detailed fitness-for-purpose assessment of turbine valve spindles

This paper describes a fitness-for-purpose assessment of a number of turbine valve spindles fabricated from a forged stainless steel type A286, following failure incident in service. Detailed microstructural characterisation and material analysis were carried out to aid the assessment of the valve-c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Engineering failure analysis 2006-07, Vol.13 (5), p.747-766
Hauptverfasser:	Bulloch, J.H., Younes, C.M., Bernard, P.J., Heard, P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Grain boundary embrittlement Power-plant failures Stress corrosion cracking Turbine valve spindle Valve failures
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