A comparison between Japanese and French A16 defect assessment procedures for creep-fatigue crack growth

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-252

  Wakai, T ^a   Poussard, C ^b   Drubay, B ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JANNUS Saclay Laboratory   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CREEP TESTING; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; FATIGUE TESTING; LOADS (FORCES); PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

CYCLIC BENDING;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0141530034     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(03)00127-4     Document Type: Article

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