20.500.12556/DKUM-96060 Fatigue and fracture characterisation of copper-brazed 316L stainless steel This study focuses on the mechanical, fatigue and metallographic characterisation of copper-brazed 316L stainless steel for the potential use in different plate heat exchangers (PHE) applications. The quasi-static and fatigue tests have been performed on the specially designed copper-brazed tensile specimens to obtain the engineering stress–strain diagram and the fatigue life curve of the analysed brazed joint. Furthermore, a comprehensive metallographic investigation has been done, focusing on (i) material characterisation of asreceived stainless steel 316L, (ii) characterisation of the brazed joint and (iii) fractographic analyses of fractured surfaces by quasi-static and fatigue loading. The obtained experimental results may be beneficial for designing copper-brazed plate heat exchangers in the future. brazed joint fatigue experimental testing metallographic investigation spajkani spoj utrujanje eksperimentalno testiranje metalografske preiskave true false true Elsevier Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142112325005304?via%3Dihub Članek v reviji 2025-11-28 09:27:43 2025-11-28 09:27:43 2025-11-29 03:15:07 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 11 str. Vol. 203, [article no.] 109333 Feb. 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2025-08-13 2025-10-13 2025-10-18 539.3:620.1 256779267 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.109333 1879-3452 1-s2.0-S0142112325005304-main.pdf 1-s2.0-S0142112325005304-main.pdf 1 CD14ABDAF0665A20E9F0C18C33C40C5E 31990a806c3237951e054ee41556cdb654b4e6db940685338a1fd1fc7966323b 82675ae2-cc34-11f0-b6ed-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=200940 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142112325005304?via%3Dihub 0 8a996d43-cc34-11f0-b6ed-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=200941 Fakulteta za strojništvo 0 0 0