Conservatism of ASME KIR-reference curve with respect to crack arrest

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 185-199

  Wallin, K ^a   Rintamaa, R ^a   Nagel, G ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b EON Kernkraft GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FORGING; PRESSURE VESSELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOUGHNESS; WELDS;

CRACK ARREST; TEMPERATURE INDEXING PARAMETER;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0035371652     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(00)00434-9     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Pressure Vessel Research Committee recommendations on toughness requirements for ferritic materials
2. Ia
3. Investigations into the 'Pellini' Drop-Weight Test for characterising structural crack arrest behaviour