Radiation embrittlement modelling for reactor pressure vessel steels: I. Brittle fracture toughness prediction

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 715-729

  Margolin, B Z ^a   Shvetsova, V A ^a   Gulenko, A G ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROMETEY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture toughness; Modelling; Radiation embrittlement

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EFFECTS; STEEL; STRAIN; TEMPERATURE;

DUCTILE FRACTURE; RADIATION EMBRITTLEMENT; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EMBRITTLEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PRESSURE VESSEL; STEEL;

EID: 0032884204     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(99)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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