Modeling for ductile-to brittle transition under ductile crack growth for reactor pressure vessel steels

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 309-317

  Margolin, B Z ^a   Kostylev, V I ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ductile crack extension; Ductile to brittle transition; Reactor pressure vessel steels

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE VESSELS; STEEL STRUCTURES;

CLEAVAGE FRACTURE CRITERION; DUCTILE CRACK GROWTH; DUCTILE TO BRITTLE TRANSITION; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL STEELS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; PRESSURE VESSEL; REACTOR; STEEL;

EID: 0345161480     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(98)00135-5     Document Type: Article

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