Theoretical Estimation of Crack Growth Rates in Type 304 Stainless Steel in Boiling-Water Reactor Coolant Environments

Corrosion

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 768-785

  Macdonald, D D ^a   Lu, P C ^a   Urquidi Macdonald, M ^a   Yeh, T K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous solutions; Boiling water reactors; Coupled environment fracture model; High temperature water; Hydrogen peroxide; Irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking; Nuclear reactors; Stress corrosion cracking; Type 304 stainless steel

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; STAINLESS STEEL; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

COUPLED ENVIRONMENT FRACTURE MODEL; HEAT TRANSPORT CIRCUITS; INTERGRANULAR STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; STAINLESS STEEL 304;

STEEL CORROSION;

EID: 0030270543     PISSN: 00109312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5006/1.3292070     Document Type: Article

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