Creep behaviour of full-size welded joints: Defect acceptance criteria

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 791-803

  Allais, L ^a   Dessalas, J P ^a   Forgeron, T ^a   Francois D ^a   Huthmann, H ^b   Escaravage, C ^c   Poette, C ^d   Sassoulas, H ^e  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c Novatome   (France)

^d Centre de Cadarache   (France)

^e IRSID   (France)

Author keywords

316L(N) stainless steel; Creep crack growth; Design codes; MMA welds

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP TESTING; DEFECTS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STAINLESS STEEL; STRUCTURAL LOADS; WELDS;

CREEP CRACK GROWTH; DEFECT ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; LOAD DISPLACEMENT RATE; MANUAL METAL ARC WELD; POTENTIAL DROP TECHNIQUE;

CREEP;

EID: 0032119324     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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