Title

Microstructural Fracture Mechanism of Normalising Heat Treated Low-Alloy Cast Steels under Tensile Stress Conditions

Journal title

Archives of Foundry Engineering

Yearbook

2025

Volume

vol. 25

Issue

No 3

Authors

Garbarz, B. ; Spiewok, W.

Affiliation

Garbarz, B. : Łukasiewicz Research Network - Upper Silesian Institute of Technology, Gliwice, Poland ; Spiewok, W. : Łukasiewicz Research Network - Upper Silesian Institute of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

Keywords

Cast steels ; multiphase microstructure ; Crack nucleation ; Fracture mechanism

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

129-140

Publisher

The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Date

23.07.2025

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/afe.2025.155362