Prediction of creep rupture of pressure vessels

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-168

  Bergheau, Jean Michel ^a   Devaux, Josette ^d   Mottet, Gérard ^b   Gilles, Philippe ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE TRIBOLOGIE ET DYNAMIQUE DES SYSTÈMES   (France)

^b ESI France   (France)

^c AREVA NP   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CREEP; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VISCOPLASTICITY;

CONTINUOUS DAMAGE THEORY; CREEP RUPTURE; ELASTOVISCOPLASTICITY; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 11144340302     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1687799     Document Type: Article

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