Use of local approach to fracture in reactor pressure vessel structural integrity assessment: synthesis of a cooperative research program between EDF, CEA, FRAMATOME and AEA technology

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1332, 1999, Pages 284-314

  Moinereau, D ^a   Frund, J M ^a   Brochard, J ^b   Valeta, M P ^b   Marini, B ^b   Joly, P ^c   Guichard, D ^c   Bhandari, S ^c   Sherry, A ^d   France, C ^d   Sanderson, D J ^d  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c AREVA NP   (France)

^d RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CALCULATIONS; CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL CLADDING; PRESSURE VESSELS; STEEL; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

BEREMIN MODEL; NOTCHED TENSILE SPECIMEN; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032647582     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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