Modeling of weld residual stresses in core shroud structures

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-187

  Zhang, Jinmiao ^a   Dong, Pingsha ^a   Brust, Frederick W ^a   Shack, William J ^b   Mayfield, Michael E ^c   McNeil, Michael ^c  

^a Battelle Columbus Lab   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; CRACK PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUBMERGED ARC WELDING; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDS;

FINITE ELEMENT ALTERNATING METHOD (FEAM); SHELL ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 0033889938     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00251-4     Document Type: Article

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