Revisiting the Integrated Pressurized Thermal Shock studies of an aging pressurized water reactor

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 388, Issue , 1999, Pages 79-89

  Dickson, Terry L ^a   Malik, Shah N M ^b   Bryson, John W ^a   Simonen, Fred A ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; PROBABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL REFINEMENTS (CMR); INTEGRATED PRESSURIZED THERMAL SHOCK (IPTS); PROBABILISTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS (PFM); REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS (RPV);

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0033308407     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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