Probabilistic assessment of reactor pressure vessel integrity under pressurised thermal shock

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 445-453

  Dutta, B K ^a   Kushwaha, H S ^a   Venkat Raj, V ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Conditional probability; Crack initiation; Monte Carlo simulation; Pressurised thermal shock; Probabilistic fracture mechanics; Reactor pressure vessel; Vessel failure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY; MARSHALL FLAW DEPTH CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; PRESSURIZED THERMAL SHOCK; SOFTWARE PACKAGE PARISH;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR;

EID: 0033519578     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(99)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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