Application of small specimens to fracture mechanics characterization of irradiated pressure vessel steels

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1321, Issue , 1997, Pages 263-279

  Sokolov, Mikhail A ^a   Wallin, Kim ^b   McCabe, Donald E ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Master curve; Precracked Charpy; Reactor pressure vessel; Reconstitution

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMPACT TESTING; PRESSURE VESSELS;

MASTER CURVE; PRECRACKED CHARPY V-NOTCH (PCVN) SPECIMENS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0030719222     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12312s     Document Type: Article

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