Creep crack initiation and creep crack growth assessments in welded structures

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-56

  Assire, A ^a   Michel, B ^a   Raous, M ^b  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE ET D ACOUSTIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WELDS;

CREEP CRACK INITIATION;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0034833223     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(00)00387-3     Document Type: Article

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