Developing fracture assessment methods for fusion reactor materials with small specimens

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1329, Issue , 1998, Pages 298-327

  Odette, G R ^a   Edsinger, K ^a   Lucas, G E ^a   Donahue, E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fracture; Fracture reconstruction; Fracture toughness; Fusion materials; Micromechanics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TESTING; FUSION REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL TESTING; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE PROPERTIES; THERMAL EFFECTS; VANADIUM ALLOYS; YIELD STRESS;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FRACTURE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0032230507     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp37997s     Document Type: Article

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