Studying the Effect of Thermal Fatigue on Multiple Cracks Propagating in an SS316L Thin Flange on a Shaft Specimen Using a Multi-Physics Numerical Simulation Model

MUKHTAR, Fariha ;QAYYUM, Faisal ;ELAHI, Hassan ;SHAH, Masood .
Studying the Effect of Thermal Fatigue on Multiple Cracks Propagating in an SS316L Thin Flange on a Shaft Specimen Using a Multi-Physics Numerical Simulation Model. 
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, [S.l.], v. 65, n.10, p. 565-573, october 2019. 
ISSN 0039-2480.
Available at: <https://www.sv-jme.eu/article/thermal-fatigue-behavior-of-ss316l-disc-experimentation-and-numerical-simulation/>. Date accessed: 25 apr. 2024. 
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2019.6073.

Mukhtar, F., Qayyum, F., Elahi, H., & Shah, M.
(2019).
Studying the Effect of Thermal Fatigue on Multiple Cracks Propagating in an SS316L Thin Flange on a Shaft Specimen Using a Multi-Physics Numerical Simulation Model.
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 65(10), 565-573.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2019.6073

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Mukhtar, F.,Qayyum, F.,Elahi, H.,Shah, M.
2019 October 65. Studying the Effect of Thermal Fatigue on Multiple Cracks Propagating in an SS316L Thin Flange on a Shaft Specimen Using a Multi-Physics Numerical Simulation Model. Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering. [Online] 65:10

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Mukhtar, Fariha, Faisal  Qayyum, Hassan  Elahi, & Masood  Shah.
"Studying the Effect of Thermal Fatigue on Multiple Cracks Propagating in an SS316L Thin Flange on a Shaft Specimen Using a Multi-Physics Numerical Simulation Model." Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], 65.10 (2019): 565-573. Web.  25 Apr. 2024

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Mukhtar, Fariha, Qayyum, Faisal, Elahi, Hassan, AND Shah, Masood.
"Studying the Effect of Thermal Fatigue on Multiple Cracks Propagating in an SS316L Thin Flange on a Shaft Specimen Using a Multi-Physics Numerical Simulation Model" Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], Volume 65 Number 10 (17 October 2019)