Modeling of fatigue crack growth rate for ferritic steels in light water reactor environments

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-111

  Eason, Ernest D ^a   Nelson, Edward E ^a   Gilman, Joe D ^b  

^a Modeling and Computing Services LLC   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0242566629     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(97)00370-1     Document Type: Article

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