Effects of temperature and dissolved oxygen contents on fatigue lives of carbon and low alloy steels in LWR water environments

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1298, Issue , 1997, Pages 232-244

  Nakao, Genroku ^a   Higuchi, Makoto ^b   Kanasaki, Hiroshi ^c   Iida, Kunihiro ^d   Asada, Yasuhide ^e  

^a Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd   (Japan)

^b IHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^d Japan Power Engineering and Inspection Corporation   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon steel; Corrosion fatigue; Dissolved oxygen content; Environmental effect; Environmental factor; Fatigue life; Light water reactor component; Low alloy steel; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CORROSION FATIGUE; FATIGUE TESTING; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; PRESSURE VESSELS; STRAIN CONTROL; STRAIN RATE;

CARBON STEEL STS410; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LOW ALLOY STEELS;

CARBON STEEL;

EID: 0031117935     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp19964s     Document Type: Article

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