Pretest fracture assessment of the NESC-1 spinning cylinder under a PTS transient

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Sattari Far, Iradj ^a   Dahlberg, Lars ^a  

^a SAQ Kontroll AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

NESC 1 spinning cylinder; Pretest fracture assessment; PTS

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TRANSIENTS;

PRESSURIZED THERMAL SHOCK (PTS); SPINNING CYLINDER TEST;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0032020965     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(98)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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