Low-cycle fatigue of piping and pressure vessel steels in LWR environments

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-76

  Chopra, Omesh K ^a   Shack, William J ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0002102613     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(97)00368-3     Document Type: Article

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