Advances in Stainless Steels

Baldev Raj; T Jayakumar and Saroja Saibaba, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India.K Bhanu Sankara Rao, University of Hyderabad Central University (P.0), Hyderabad, India.P V Sivaprasad, Sandvik Materials Technology R&D, Sandvik Asia Limited, Pune, India.P Shankar, Nehru Institute of Engineering & Technology, T M Palayam, Coimbatore, India.

• Preface COMPONENT DESIGN MODELLING AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY 1. Design and Material Aspects Concerning Austenitic Stainless Steel Components 2. Improvement of Austenitic Pipings with Welds—Corrosion Resistance, Non-destructive Testing and Loadability 3. Design and Fabrication of Stainless Steel Components for Long Life of Spent Fuel Reprocessing Plants 4. Inverse Method for Detection and Sizing of Vertical Bottom Surface Cracks in Thin Sections Using a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm Based Signal Parametrization 5. Characterization of Irradiated Stainless Steel Wrapper from Fast Breeder Test Reactor MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY 6. Application of Light Energy Beam for Stainless Steel Fabrication 7. Practice and Products for Welding Duplex Stainless Steels 8. Repair Welding of Martensitic Stainless Steel Blades and Shrouds of Steam Turbines 9. Fabrication of Dummy Fuel Sub-assemblies for PFBR 10. A New Methodology based on Ultrasonic Attenuation to Characterize Dynamically Recrystallized Microstructure in a 15Cr-15Ni-2.2Mo-Ti Modified Austenitic Stainless Steel PROPERTY EVALUATION 11. Relationship Between Small Punch Creep Properties and Uniaxial Creep Properties of Chromium Martensitic Steels 12. Improvements in High Temperature Properties Based on Creep Fracture Mechanism of Austenitic Stainless Steels 13. High Strength Stainless Steels—Temper Rolled 14. Microdeformation Behaviour and Damage Mechanisms in Super Duplex Stainless Steels 15. Importance of Crack Tip Stress Shielding Effect on Fatigue Crack Growth Resistance 16. High Temperature Fatigue of 316L(N) Stainless Steel 17. Nano/Sub-micron Grained Austenitic Stainless Steels 18. the Formation of Ultra-fine Grained Austenite and Shear Reversion19. Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Residual Stress Distribution in Similar and Dissimilar Stainless Steel Welds 20. Characterization of Thermal Properties of a Titanium Modified Austenitic Stainless Steel (Alloy D9) 21.Enhancement of Properties of SS 410 Track Forging by Suitable Heat Treatment 22. Influence of Dynamic Strain Ageing on Tensile Strain Energy of Type 316L(N) Austenitic Stainless Steel ALLOY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS 23. A Perspective on Research and Development in Austenitic Stainless Steels for Fast Breeder Reactor Technology at Kalpakkam 24. Developments in Chrome-Manganese and Low Nickel Austenitic Stainless Steels: Characteristics, Applications and Trends 25. Modern Developments in Stainless Steel Making 26. Developments in High Chromium Steels for Advanced Power Plants 27. High Performance Stainless Steels for Critical Engineering Applications 28. Evolution of Stainless Steels in Nuclear Industry 29. Steel—a Brief Overview 30. Thermochemistry of Stainless Steel Making 31. Stainless Steel Waterlines—A Promising Application NDE METHODS 32. Non-destructive Evaluation of Steels Using Magnetic Methods Stainless Steels—Fabrication, Quality Control and Non-destructive Testing NVW agle 33. Non-destructive Characterization of Austenitic Stainless Steels 34. Pulsed Electromagnetic Methods for Defect Detection, Stress Measurement and Material Characterization 35. Enhancing the Capabilities of Eddy Current Techniques for Non-destructive Evaluation of Austenitic Stainless Steels 36. CORROSION AND SURFACE MODIFICATION 37. Sensitization-induced Localized Corrosion in Austenitic Stainless Steels 38. Nitrogen Addition and Localized Corrosion Behaviour of Austenitic Stainless Steels 39. Corrosion of Stainless Steel in Shallow and Deep Sea Environment Current Issues and Control Strategies to Combat Corrosion Degradation for Austenitic Stainless Steels in Applications using Nitric Acid 40. Stress Corrosion Cracking Behaviour of 904L SS and type 317L SS Weld-fusion Zones in Boiling Water Reactor Startup Conditions 41. Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking of a Super Duplex Stainless Steel: Role of Nitrite Addition 42. Monitoring Early Biofilm Formation in Cooling Water Systems using Electrochemical Probes Made of AISI Type 316 Stainless Steel 43. Electrochemical Corrosion Behaviour of Ni- and Mn-free High Nitrogen Stainless Steels 44. Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel in Saline Environment 45. Advances in Wear Behaviour of Stainless Steel Modified by Ion Implantation.