Crack initiating limit for cladding tubes of PWR RCCA rodlets subject to absorber swelling

JSME International Journal, Series A: Mechanics and Material Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 555-564

  Matsuoka, Takanori ^a   Mori, Masahiko ^b   Nakamura, Kazuhiro ^b   Myojin, Hisashige ^b   Nagata, Tadahisa ^c  

^a Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack Opening Displacement; Fracture Criterion; Inelasticity; Material Testing; Nuclear Engineering; Structural Analysis; Tensile Properties

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK INITIATION; DUCTILITY; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AXIAL CRACKING; CLADDING TUBES; CRACK INITIATING LIMIT; ROD CLUSTER CONTROL ASSEMBLY (RCCA); RODLETS;

CONTROL RODS;

EID: 0030263552     PISSN: 13408046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmea1993.39.4_555     Document Type: Article

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