Overview of fatigue crack initiation in carbon and low- alloy steels in light water reactor environments

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-60

  Chopra, O K ^a   Shack, W J ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; COOLANTS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STEEL TESTING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

FATIGUE RESISTANCE;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0033078322     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: 15288978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2883667     Document Type: Article

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