A maximum entropy/SANS analysis of neutron irradiation processes in model pressure vessel steels

Nuclear Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 387-397

  Buswell, J T ^a   Little, E A ^b   Sinclair, R N ^c  

^a JTB Materials and Design   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A533b pressure vessel steels; Neutron irradiation; Radiation hardening

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE VESSELS; RADIATION HARDENING; STEEL; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STEEL STRUCTURES; STEEL TESTING; VOLUME FRACTION;

REACTOR VESSELS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING (SANS) ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0032219198     PISSN: 01404067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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