Measurement of the yield and tensile strengths of neutron-irradiated and post-irradiation recovered vessel steels with notched specimens

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-22

  Valiente, A ^a   Lapena J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Energetic Environ Technol Res C   (Spain)

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EID: 0002016930     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(96)01246-0     Document Type: Article

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