Modelling of the fuel mechanical behavior: From creep laws to internal variable models

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 185, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 221-228

  Leclercq, S ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CREEP; DENSIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SWELLING; THERMODYNAMICS;

INTERNAL VARIABLE MODELS;

NUCLEAR FUEL PELLETS;

EID: 0032179177     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(98)00280-5     Document Type: Article

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