Assessment of the master curve approach on three reactor pressure vessel steels

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-178

  Lucon, Enrico ^a   Scibetta, Marc ^a   Van Walle, Eric ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Head of Department   (Belgium)

Author keywords

22NiMoCr37; General Maximum Likelihood method; JRQ; JSPS; Master Curve procedure; Monte Carlo method; Reactor pressure vessel steels; Weibult distribution

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOUGHNESS;

MULTI-TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0037824522     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023910610553     Document Type: Article

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