Fracture toughness test results of thermal aged reactor vessel materials

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1270, Issue , 1996, Pages 660-669

  DeVan, Matthew J ^a   Lowe Jr , Arthur L ^a   Hall, J Brian ^b  

^a B and W Nuclear Technologies   (United States)

^b BABCOCK AND WILCOX COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class 2 forging; Reactor vessel materials; SA 508; SA 533 Gr. B1 plate; Submerged arc weld; Thermal aging

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ANNEALING; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRESSURE VESSELS; WELDS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TEST; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS; REACTOR VESSEL MATERIALS; SUBMERGED ARC WELD; THERMAL AGING;

STEEL;

EID: 0030218391     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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