Crack initiation in smooth fatigue specimens of austenitic stainless steel in light water reactor environments

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

Volumn 395, Issue , 1999, Pages 235-242

  Smith, Jean L ^a   Chopra, Omesh K ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PRESSURE VESSEL CODES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL;

FATIGUE CYCLES; SMOOTH FATIGUE SPECIMENS;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0033319944     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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