Fracture toughness predictions for a reactor pressure vessel steel in the initial and highly embrittled states with the Master Curve approach and a probabilistic model

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-231

  Margolin, B Z ^a   Shvetsova, V A ^a   Gulenko, A G ^a   Ilyin, A V ^a   Nikolaev, V A ^a   Smirnov, V I ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROMETEY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cleavage fracture toughness; Embrittlement; Master Curve approach; Probabilistic model; Reactor pressure vessel steel

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DATA REDUCTION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PROBABILITY; STEEL; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EMBRITTLED STEEL;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PREDICTION; PRESSURE VESSEL; REACTOR; STEEL;

EID: 0037023598     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(02)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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