Mechanical property testing of irradiated Zircaloy cladding under reactor transient conditions

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1418, 2002, Pages 195-210

  Daum, Robert S ^a   Majumda, Saurin ^a   Tsai, Hanchung ^a   Bray, Terri S ^a   Koss, Donald A ^a   Motta, Arthur T ^a   Billone, Michael C ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial specimens; Mechanical properties; Ring stretch specimens; Zircaloy cladding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; MECHANICAL TESTING; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

METAL CLADDING;

EID: 0036399903     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp10821s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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