Mono-dimensional mechanical modelling of fuel rods under normal and off-normal operating conditions

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 216, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 183-201

  Garcia, P ^a   Struzik, C ^a   Agard, M ^a   Louche, V ^a  

^a Service d études Et De Simulation Des Combustibles   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CREEP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR FUEL RODS;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 0036644544     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(02)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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