The FEM based calculation of crack-tip strain rate for determining the crack growth rate of 304 stainless steel in BWR environments

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-240

  Lu, Pai Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL PIPE; STRAIN RATE;

CRACK-TIP STRAIN RATE;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0035312336     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(00)00400-3     Document Type: Article

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